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Budget 2004-2005 - News



July 07, 2004



CII, Ficci cheer Economic Survey
Budget: I-T exemption limit may be hiked
Futures commodities trading OK'd
Govt policies boosted IT: Survey
Survey for flexible exchange rate
Survey for more healthcare investment
Infographics: Infrastructure performance
Pension bill rising, unsustainable: Survey
Budget will focus on growth: Chidambaram
Profitable PSUs not to be sold
Alter anti-poverty strategy: Survey
Cut deficit, grow at 8%: Survey
Survey for higher education fee hike
Foreign, pvt banks outsmart PSBs
Markets: Funds inflow jump 6-fold
Air traffic trends encouraging: Survey
Survey concerned over low tele-density
Survey for flexible agri policies
Survey seeks change in FDI norms
FIs losing ground in project financing
Roads: Mumbai to Delhi in 13 hours
Economic Survey lauds auto industry
Low food credit hits bank lending
Redesign food security, govt told
Survey moots changes for 10% industrial growth
Subsidy bill shoots up 5-fold to Rs 48,636 cr
Food subsidy bill rises to Rs 25,160 cr
Infographic: State of the Indian Economy
India's oil import bill up 15%
Good infrastructure? Enforce user charges
1,635% rise in FII inflows!
Survey projects 5% inflation in 2004-05
Economic Survey pegs fiscal deficit at 4.6%
SEBs to get extension for unbundling
Interest rates may go up: Survey
States' liabilities surge 400% to Rs 7,91,400 cr
India's external debt up 6.47% to $112.13 bn
Survey for ending MSP system
Economic Survey upbeat on trade
Highlights of the Economic Survey for 2003-04
Lending rates unrealistic: Survey
Tax-GDP ratio a prime concern: Survey
Economic Survey eyes 8% growth
The Budget gobbledygook
LPG subsidy may stay till 2007
Railways eye overseas markets; to raise $200 mn
49% foreign cap in insurance likely



July 06, 2004



Infographic: New trains on the block
Here's where Railway revenue will come from
Rail Budget: Industry reaction mixed
Infographic: Rail Budget at a glance
Railways to invest Rs 13,123 cr this year
Railways eye 6% hike in freight earnings
Budget pro-poor, pro-rich: Lalu
Unauthorised vendors to be banned
Info-graphic: Rail Budget - Key figures
Nothing new in Lalu's budget: NDA
Railways plan special tourist trains
Graphics: The Railway rupee
Fund for passenger amenities hiked
Computerised rail reservation at 74 more locations
Railways to set up wheel plant in Chhapra
Freight rates cut by 10%
Rail safety most important, says Lalu
Lalu announces safety measures
Railway sees revenue at Rs 4,478 cr
Rail annual plan outlay pegged at Rs 14,498 cr
Lalu's Rail Budget speech
Unemployed to get free travel for interviews
Rail rupee: Where it comes from, where it goes
Lalu promises improved Rail catering
32 new trains to be introduced
Passenger earnings revised down to Rs 13,940 cr
25% quota for railway book stalls
75% fare cut for some passengers
74 locations to be added to PRS
Railways to set up medical relief institute
Highlights of the Rail Budget
Rail to complete 273 kms of new lines
Lalu spares everyone, no fare hike
Lalu to present rail budget in Hindi
Lalu may tap market to bridge resource gap
Markets not bullish on all reforms
Of telecom license fee and tax deduction
Have ethanol duty sops lapsed?
The Budget gobbledygook



July 05, 2004



Mutual funds: The 6-month score card
Growth of the Indian economy
Rail Budget: Upper class fares may go up
Pre-Budget breakout unlikely
If India were a stock, would you buy?
How to play the markets on B-day
Turnover tax - a boon or bane?
Luxury goods duty may not be cut
Starter Budget on the cards?
Budget measures and stock performance
More SSI products may be dereserved
How to judge the Budget
Budget: What the markets want
Tax sops sought for power sector
What the financial sector wants from Chidambaram's Budget
PM ties up Budget loose ends
Provident fund faces exit tax



July 03, 2004



Automobiles: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
FMCG: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Shipping: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Petrochem: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Steel: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Software: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Tobacco: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Textile: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Energy: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Consumer durables: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Auto Ancillaries: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
Paints: Pre-Budget Sectoral Analysis
No extra fee on imported goods
Markets await the Budget
Budget graphics: WPI
Budget graphics: Telecom sector show
Budget graphics: Core sector show
Budget must simplify VAT norms
Budget's here. Where to invest?
Education cess may fail in its aim
Mega merger of FIs back on agenda
Section 80CCC may offer more to the elderly



July 02, 2004



Budget: Microsoft seeks duty cuts
Upper class rail fares may rise
Budget must 'right size' bureaucracy
Divestment: Lessons from China
EPF: Better less than none
Fed rate hike: What is the impact?
Budget rollbacks? We have a history
Lalu to read Rail Budget, come what may
Home loans: Will tax rebates continue?
NDA to boycott Railway Budget
Pharma wants exemptions on R&D
Banking on stake erosion a tough call
Mutual funds set to get tax breaks
Rail Budget may spare freight, lower class fares
FM to project 13-14% nominal growth



July 01, 2004



TCS, Hutch IPOs to boost markets
FinMin told to cut duty on petro products
Kelkar report, Budget & your income
Sectoral insurance may be in vogue
Telecom: Pre-budget sector analysis
Power: Pre-budget sector analysis
Media: Pre-budget sector analysis
Fertilisers: Pre-budget sector analysis
Cement: Pre-budget sector analysis
Aluminium: Pre-budget sector analysis
Will this be the new tax plan?
What does the Budget have in store?
Pension: More tax benefits likely
Small savings: More relief needed
Tax to GDP: Over to the FM!
MoF policy to hit 3,000 taxmen
Is FM looking for NTT or Samadhan?
Fiscal deficit 1.25% of GDP
More services to come under tax net



June 30, 2004



Cabinet nod for 8-digit Excise classification code
CBT defers decision on EPF rate
Fiscal deficit: Grim consequences!
What is the market waiting for?
How GDP touched 8.2%
HDFC Equity Fund's stock picks
Rail Budget: Lalu meets Manmohan
India logs 8.2% GDP growth rate in 2003-04
EPFO board meeting begins
Cross-sectoral fund allocation in a limbo
Ombudsman for I-T grievances still a far cry
States may get cheaper loans
Govt explores bonds to tap black money



June 29, 2004



EPF rate may remain at 9.5%
Rs 17,000 cr push for rural power
PM promises easy credit to farmers



June 28, 2004



Cenvat not for small looms
Customs duty on crude oil may not be reduced
CII urges timely VAT launch in pre-Budget memorandum
Govt may join Budget, Exim moves



June 26, 2004



Chidambaram shelves aid initiative



June 25, 2004



New Bill on SSI sector soon
Cut EPF rates, India Inc to FM
Budget trivia
Dividend tax makes no sense: Ficci
Cut peak rate to 30%: CII
Tax breaks likely for derivative trade



June 24, 2004



No major rejig in funds allocation
CII concretises plans for Budget
Set single nationwide VAT rate: Ficci
Budget trivia
Private banks caught in a cleft
FM against tax amnesty schemes



June 23, 2004



Govt to slash revenue deficit by 0.7%
Renuka adds tour de force to Budget
Search on for MAT alternative
Bill on pension regulator soon
Govt loses appetite for retiring debt
Cut subsidies, widen tax base, economists to FM
TU leaders meet PM on EPF, labour policy



June 22, 2004



Big FDI push to skip retail


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