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Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram addressing the Post-Budget Press Conference, in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
Chidambaram walks tight rope; levies tax on super-rich
Finance Minister keeps the basic slabs and income tax rates unchanged
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Plan for women’s bank gets the thumbs-up
A women’s bank has been one of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s more popular suggestions in the Union budget for 2013-14, but the only worry is that it shouldn’t create more bureaucratic hassles for women or end up as another public sector undertaking.
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Chidambaram brings great credibility to the market with his ‘Budget in Motion’
It lends great credibilityto market
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Farm sector not addressed holistically
There has not been any big imposts or levies that could be called burdensome or pain on any one specific segment.
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Plan Expenditure 29.4% more than revised estimate
Faced with huge fiscal deficit, I had to rationalise expenditure, says Chidambaram
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