BHEL chairman B. P. Rao laments that while Chinese companies pay zero duty on power equipment for mega projects, Indian companies have to pay a 14 per cent excise levy.

A decontrolled sugar sector has a promising future. After petroleum products, will UPA-II unshackle sugar next.

There has been an unprecedented rise in rural prosperity over the past two decades and new technologies have come in to partly offset poor infrastructure. Companies in agri-business are finally catching the pulse of the farmlands. Shalini S. Dagar goes into the details.

Is India Inc. prepared to deal with the volatility in the Indian currency?

Rs 52,000 crore: The amount spent every year by about 450,000 Indian students on higher education abroad

Writing off farm loans worth Rs 60,000 crore, increasing Income Tax exemptions, slashing excise duties?Finance Minister Chidambaram’s Budget 2008 is aimed at winning votes in an early poll. Full coverage: Budget 2008

Writing off farm loans worth Rs 60,000 crore, increasing Income Tax exemptions, slashing excise duties?Finance Minister Chidambaram’s Budget 2008 is aimed at winning votes in an early poll. Watch complete Budget speechHighlights of Union Budget 2008Full coverage: Budget 2008Surfers' comments on Budget 2008Read full text of FM's speechClick to read sectoral analysisRead experts views on Budget 2008Budget at a glanceWhat’s cheaper, what’s dearer?

Has the FM done enough to address the potential impact of a US recession on India, exporters reined in by an appreciating rupee and investors caught out by volatile markets?

The economy is slowing down, foreign investors have turned wary, and there is an election to be won next year. So, will Finance Minister P. Chidambaram script Budget 2008 for votes or growth? Shalini S. Dagar tells us what we can expect this year.  Full coverage: Budget 2008-09

The rising rupee has certainly not gone down well with industry. Recently, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath informed Parliament that the problem was severe, having already scalped several thousands of jobs.

The squabbling siblings are facing off once again, and this time the younger brother seems to have got the government to ask probing questions. But there's more to it. Does Mukesh legally have a right over the gas he is pumping out?