SPENDING: Extra tax on airfare, hotel room and drinking at an air-conditioned restaurant. If travelling is your idea to unwind, finding solace could be more expensive from the new financial year. From

On the whole, the Budget has something for everyone, but the dominant focus is rural, writes Roopa Kudva, CEO, CRISILThe Union Budget 2011-12 attempts to ride on India's rapid recent economic growth

The Finance Minister belied expectations of cuts in fuel taxes in his budget speech on Monday, denying any relief to state-run oil firms but boosting chances of a planned ministerial meeting taking

New Delhi: Expressing concern at over 40 percent of the food production in India going waste due to lack of storage facilities, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday proposed steps to establish

Chennai: The automobile industry on Monday appreciated Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for not changing excise duty rates and welcomed the tax concessions for environment friendly vehicles. 'It is

There was neither any significant movement on reforms nor any big-ticket idea to catalyse growth, writes Amitabh Chaudhry, MD and CEO, HDFC LifeI would like to commend the Finance Minister for

This article is a brief synopsis of the Finance Minister's Budget for 2010-11 The main impetus of the budget is to improve the growth rate and get it to 9 percent in the near term and to a double

Mumbai: The impact of the Union budget on 13 sector-specific indices of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which saw the benchmark, 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) close Monday at 17,823.40 points,

Reactions from the corporate sector to the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha on Monday were mostly positive. Here are some of the reactions: Adi Godrej,

Positives Negatives Tax exemption limit raise to Rs 1.8 lakh from Rs 1.6 lakh Air travel to become costlier Higher exemption limit of Rs