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The Interim Budget
The government virtually announced a mini-Budget on Thurday, before a vote-on-account and the general elections. (L) Finance Minister Jaswant Singh.
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FM woos classes with more sops
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Budget to accelerate growth: PM
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FM's Speech
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Budget Highlights
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The Finance Bill, 2004
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No tax breaks for common man
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BPO tax on MNCs abolished
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50% DA, basic salary to be merged
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'Interim Budget a poll gimmick'
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FM projects 7.5-8% GDP growth
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6 more AIIMS-like hospitals soon
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Govt to declare war on poverty
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Stamp duty structure halved
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IDBI to retain development financing role
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10th Plan to focus on power, roads
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DoT outlay at Rs 11,660 crore
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Govt pegs IT plan outlay at Rs 889 cr
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Govt sees 4% drop in total receipts
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Convention centres at Delhi, Mumbai
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We want a 2nd green revolution: FM
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Govt hikes free baggage allowance
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Interim Budget unconstitutional: Oppn
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More Budget news...
Run-Up To The Budget
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Mini-Budget may reduce Customs duty
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Having the cake and eating it too
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Budget: Sops likely for hardware sector
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Panel against slashing GBS fund
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PCs, air travel to be cheaper
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Govt may go for interim budget
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Vote-on-account likely on Jan 22
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Vote-on-account this month
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MNCs to get tax break for BPO income
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Economy to grow beyond 8.4%: Jaswant
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Computers may get tax breaks in Budget
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Stiff ECB norms may see rollback
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Budget may give way to vote-on-account
Special
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Jaswant Singh can't be lucky twice over
Singh's first few pre-budget interviews indicate a renewed thrust to agriculture, which he calls the second Green Revolution.
Columns
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Sukumar Mukhopadhyay:
A growth-oriented 'Budget'
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A K Bhattacharya:
Why Jaswant seems better than Yashwant
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P Vaidyanathan Iyer:
The Budget not-to-be
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Tamal Bandyopadhyay:
What I want in 2004
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A K Bhattacharya:
Vote-on-account vs full Budget
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