The government is expecting that the overall inflation level would fall to 7 per cent by March end Terming the current level of food inflation of 9.5 per cent as "unacceptable", Finance Minister

Former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India Shankar Acharya on where the budget succeeded and where it failedExactly a month ago, I had offered "Some pre-Budget musings", in which I had

Is this year's Budget pro-agriculture and farmer-friendly? The answer is both yes and no. It seems pro-agriculture because Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has diagnosed several weaknesses of the

Non-residents Indians (NRIs) will have to spend a little more on their visits to India after the latest budget. As the air travel tax has gone up, NRIs now pay more when they buy their air tickets to

The proposal to allow foreign individuals to invest in mutual fund schemes may bring long -term benefits for domestic investors We often examine the provisions of every Union Budget with a critical

Former union finance minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Saturday said budget 2011-12 will have an inflationary effect instead of controlling prices. Fed boss sees

The Union Budget of 2011 should have made me very happy. I got promoted to the rank of senior citizen, and have been told that I deserve special attention. I got a substantial hike in my income tax

Leading hoteliers, travel and aviation companies have written to the government to withdraw the service tax on hotel accommodation and air travel proposed in the Union Budget tabled on Monday. Check

Budget proposals allowing foreign individuals to invest in mutual funds and halve the tax on dividends from overseas arms of Indian companies may provide a window for undeclared income parked abroad

Clarity of planning and conceptualisation needs to be hallmark of policy planning, writes Shyam Ponappa A good holding action in the face of turbulence is a real achievement. It's a tremendous