• Mar
    02

    We hate compar­isons with Ch­ina. But it is sometimes go­od to wake up and smell the coffee. India lags behind China in spending on research and development.

  • Feb
    27

    Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, in the thick of things on budget day, takes time off on Saturday and tells Financial Chronicle in a wide-ranging interview that he wants to boost

  • Feb
    26
    By HM Nerurkar

    I rate the union budget for FY11 as a good budget, which lays out the targets and roadmap of the government to maintain growth momentum in the country while ensuring

  • By Gautam Adani

    This budget reminds me of a verse from Bhagvadgita : “annad bhavanti bhutani” all living bodies subsist on food grains. To me budget proposals, prima facie, seems to

  • By Meera Sanyal

    The guiding principle of Budget 2010 was not only to improve growth, but also to make the growth process more inclusive and sustainable. Therefore, while the medium-term growth target

  • By M V Nair

    t he Indian economy is reverting towards normalisation and the budget has provided adequate support to sustain the momentum. This in turn has enabled a clear roadmap

  • By Antony Jacob

    In our country much is expected from Union Budgets. Finance ministers not only have to deal with the more serious economic/fiscal problem of the country but they

  • By M S Swaminathan

    t he anxiety on the food front arises from the steep fall in agricultural GDP (-0. 2 per cent) during 2009-10 reduced water availability in 81 major reservoirs

  • By Lakshmi Narayan

    that seems to be the finance minister’s message to the IT industry. The IT industry after growing at a phenomenal clip in the past several years slowed

  • By Amit Jatia

    The good news for the QSR industry from this budget is that the tax exemption limits / slabs have been increased for individuals. Hence their disposable income increases