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Comment
Parley: Does the Budget do enough in providing a stimulus to growth?
Suresh Seshadri By not cutting spending despite constraints, the Budget ensures momentum doesn’t backslide
Comment
A government that is clueless on the economy
Pulapre Balakrishnan Listening to the Budget speech, one would hardly get any indication of either the economic slowdown or the unemployment rate, which is the highest in decades
Comment
A Budget exercise that is designed for stressed times
T.T. Ram Mohan The FM deserves credit for keeping the capital expenditure steady amid receipts shortfall; but her plan does not meet market expectations of sweeping reforms
Markets
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Markets
Rupee slips 3 paise to settle at 73.07 against US dollar
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