UNION BUDGET 2011-2012

Updated : Jan 30, 2015

Rail Budget: Vital statistics

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will present her third Budget for the ministry on February 25. The country will watch the Bengal minister for any special incentives she may announce this time.

Updated : Feb 10, 2012

A chronology of Income Tax since 1950s

Upset with your income tax deductions? Then how about going back to 1973-74, when the effective rate at the top was 97.5 per cent and there were 11 rate slabs?

Updated : Jul 6, 2011

Pranab, the Clever

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is either incredibly clever or a budding illusionist. Little else can explain his presentation of the Union Budget on Monday, February 28.

Standing (from L to R): Jagdish Arora of Krishna Synthetics, Manmohan Rajpal of Jay ESS Saddles, Rajesh Grover of Tupic Engineers and Pradeep Bhargawa of EMA India; Sitting (from L to R): Ramji Seth of Matador Foam and T.K. Kheterpal of TSS Overseas

Updated : Jul 5, 2011

Big town blues

Small and medium enterprises in Kanpur had some humble hopes that were belied.

Hectic activity inside Religare's dealing room

Updated : Jul 5, 2011

Treading on volatility

How a dealing room, where money is made or lost each time a share moves, responded.

Bihar Finance Minister Sushil Kumar Modi

Updated : Jul 5, 2011

'Peanuts to the nation'

Bihar Finance Minister Sushil Kumar Modi admires Pranabda but cannot help criticising some of his budget proposals.

Updated : Jul 5, 2011

The black money vault

The inside story of how Indian realty industry has become the repository of illicit money. Its dalliance with black money goes back a long way.

Updated : Jul 5, 2011

10 budgets that changed India

All budgets are important, but some budgets are more important than others. Business Today chooses ten that have had the most impact on the nation's economy.

Updated : Jul 5, 2011

Tumult on D-Street

The markets cheer the budget, but macroeconomic concerns could still affect sentiment.

Updated : Jul 5, 2011

When I'm sixty-four

Pranab Mukherjee's third budget for UPA-II was workmanlike and plodding, with only an occasional spring in its step.

Updated : Jul 5, 2011

It's the elections, stupid

Pranab Mukherjee will have to keep an eye out for five key state elections this summer, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The populist spending cannot stop.

Updated : May 27, 2011

New Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi may seek funds for Air India

Despite an already infused Rs 2,000 crore, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi is expected to meet Pranab Mukherjee to request inclusion of AI's additional stimulus package in the Budget.

Updated : Apr 26, 2011

Pranab withdraws proposal to levy service tax on healthcare

Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday rolled back his proposal to impose 5 per cent service tax on high-end healthcare services.

Updated : Apr 18, 2011

Best stocks to invest in post Budget 2011-12

The Budget often changes the investing arena and offers an opportunity to review your portfolio. A few experts tell Rahul Oberoi their recommendations.

Updated : Apr 4, 2011

Mr Das, my neighbour and a cricket enthusiast, summed up the Budget most aptly in the style of commentators so visible this World Cup. So, here's what he had to say, says Sonu Iyer, tax partner, Ernst & Young.

Updated : Mar 17, 2011

Win some, lose some

There were few surprises in Budget 2011-12. But here's a look at some sectors likely to get affected - some favourably, some less so - by the proposals.

Updated : Mar 17, 2011

Global retailers could do dollops of good

Easing FDI norms and allowing the entry of global retailers can help by creating an environment that drives competition, consumption and creates choices for the consumer.

Updated : Mar 17, 2011

Educating for tomorrow

It is now critical to nurture individuals through their primary and tertiary education journeys by providing them life skills that combine core hard skills like vocational skills, with soft skills like mindsets, aspirations, and values.

Updated : Mar 17, 2011

Cuts like a knife

Pranab-da may or may not be a Bryan Adams fan, but let us hope his Budget does better than this for India's infrastructure sector.

Updated : Mar 11, 2011

Govt looking at suggestions on tax proposals

Under fire for the proposal to tax 'high-end' medical services, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday told Lok Sabha he is examining various suggestions and would respond later.

Updated : Mar 11, 2011

Business Today Editor Chaitanya Kalbag on Budget

The Business Today Editor says Pranab Mukherjee certainly does not win any prizes for dramatically pushing India's reforms into a new geostationary orbit. Budget highlights | Text of Budget speech  | Watch video