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Updated : Feb 28, 2013

Budget 2012 has taken the reality of India's situation: Swraj Paul

Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has said that the Union Budget for 2012-13 has taken the reality of India's situation.

Updated : Feb 28, 2013

CXO survey on Budget 2012

Business Today commissioned market research firm Ipsos for a survey, which quizzed 100 top executives across Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Pune.

Updated : Mar 19, 2012

Tata Motors hikes passenger vehicle prices by up to Rs 35,000

The company, however, did not specify the model-wise break up of the price increase. In case of utility vehicles like Safari, Aria and Sumo, the hike will be from Rs 8,000 to Rs 35,000.

Updated : Mar 19, 2012

Bullion markets protest gold duty hike, closed for third day

Bullion markets in the national capital and most of showrooms remained closed in several parts of the country, All India Sarafa Association President Sheel Chand Jain said.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presents the Union Budget 2012-13 in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Mar 16, 2012. <em>Photo: PTI</em>

Updated : Mar 17, 2012

Budget 2012: Corporate America seeks reforms, says budget not game-changing

A US-India trade group, US-India Business Council, expresses the hope that the government would deliver on foreign investor friendly key reforms during the budget session.

Updated : Mar 17, 2012

Budget 2012 'positive' for media, entertainment sector

With the opening up of the venture capital sector, the investments in the M&E sector will become attractive. Currently, VCs are allowed to invest only in nine specified sectors.

Updated : Mar 16, 2012

Budget 2012: Pharma disappointed, healthcare hopeful

Those in the industry looking for positives in the Budget there seems hope in fiscal consolidation appearing as a key concern for the finance minister.

Updated : Mar 16, 2012

Budget 2012: We'll have to bite subsidy bullet, says Manmohan

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the government will have to bite the bullet and stressed on faster, inclusive growth of the economy.

Updated : Mar 16, 2012

Budget ineffective, clerical; will burden common man, says Left

Calling the Budget clerical and ineffective, the Left parties say it would increase the burden on the common man.

Updated : Mar 16, 2012

Budget 2012: Trinamool Congress says budget tolerable

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O' Brien says the Union Budget for 2012-13 was tolerable.

Updated : Mar 16, 2012

Budget 2012: Opposition parties call budget as anti-people

The Opposition parties slams the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as anti-people, lacklustre and one that would increase the financial burden on the common man.