Budget proposals
Budget will provide for quick returns: Jaswant Singh (20030316)
Jaswant Singh rolls back fertilizer price hike (20030312)
New pension, health schemes get Rs. 100 cr. (20030308)
No plan for service tax on software exports: Singh (20030304)
Abolition of long-term capital gains tax not now: Minister (20030302)
A slew of measures for medicare (20030302)
Cut in allocation for police, paramilitary forces (20030302)
'Farmers not getting urea subsidy' (20030302)
Farmers have not much to look for in the budget (20030302)
Naik hints at hard days for consumers (20030302)
Singh presents growth-seeking budget (20030301)
Thrust to farm sector, infrastructure (20030301)
Poverty eradication, the main objective (20030301)
Navy's allocation doubled (20030301)
Bonanza for salaried class (20030301)
Service tax extended to seven categories (20030301)
Rs. 60,000 cr. for infrastructure development (20030301)
Ambitious disinvestment target (20030301)
FDI cap in private banks hiked to 74 p.c. (20030301)
Proposals to pep up investment (20030301)
Benefits to IT sector stay (20030301)
Incentives for textile units (20030301)
Comment
War clouds over the financial markets (20030318) New
Hope for fiscal recovery (20030317)
Long on rhetoric, short on resources (20030314)
Rollback time (20030313)
An under-funded budget? (20030310)
Budget implications for monetary management (20030310)
Budget 2003 — Signalling a lower interest rate regime (20030308)
Public-private partnership for infrastructure (20030307)
A healthy beginning (20030305)
Short shrift to social sector (20030304)
A cautious budget (20030301)
Industry reactions
`Allocation for health sector disappointing' (20030307)
Budget exceeds all our expectations: CII (20030301)
Widely welcomed despite disappointments (20030301)
Knowledge industries hail proposals (20030301)
Budget positive for mutual fund industry (20030301)
Focus on infrastructure will spur growth — A. V. Birla (20030301)
Tea industry upset (20030301)
Budget: industry buoyant (20030301)
`Small and medium enterprises ignored' (20030301)
`Automobile, textile sectors will benefit' (20030301)
Market reactions
Long term investment attractive (20030316)
Car prices slashed (20030302)
Petrol prices up (20030301)
RBI cuts interest rate on savings (20030301)
Select shares rally (20030301)
Soft interest bias: Repo rates cut (20030301)
Widely welcomed despite disappointments (20030301)
Political reactions
Economy on road to disaster: Manmohan (20030312)
Making light of a hard decision (20030312)
Jaswant Singh silent on rollback (20030307)
'Most unfunded budget in 10 years' (20030307)
CII holds session on post-budget analysis (20030307)
Opposition raises a din on diesel, fertilizer price hike (20030305)
Opposition for rollback of fertilizer prices (20030304)
Anti-farmer, pro-rich, says Left (20030302)
Full of token measures: Cong. (20030301)
Fertilizer price hike improper, says Ajit Singh (20030301)
Not attractive, says SJM (20030301)
Chautala for roll-back in urea prices (20030301)
Core problems not addressed: Swamy (20030301)
Growth-oriented, says Jayalalithaa (20030301)
General reactions
Boost to industry and infrastructure (20030303)
Budget belies promise of 'IT for all' (20030302)
Anti-poor, pro-corporate, say trade unions (20030301)
Mixed reaction to Union budget in A.P. (20030301)
Miscellaneous
A pat... and some heckling (20030301)
Politics and elections can wait (20030301)
Experts' opinion
Changes in corporate taxation (20030310)
A bold initiative, but crisis in farm sector ignored (20030304)
Will budget have triggering effect? (20030303)
Finance Bill 2003 — Significant changes (20030303)
A status quo budget, says Manmohan Singh (20030302)
Articles
Budgeting for growing inequities (20030318) New
Image & substance in budget 2003-04 (20030304)
Union Budget 2002-03
Union Budget 2002-2003: Sinha on a taxation binge (20020301)
Deepening structural reforms, regenerating industrial growth (20020301)
Proposals to widen tax base, encourage compliance (20020301)
A feeble push (20020301)
Disappointment for the middle class (20020301)
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