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The Interim Budget

The government virtually announced a mini-Budget on Thurday, before a vote-on-account and the general elections. (L) Finance Minister Jaswant Singh.
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FM woos classes with more sops
• Budget to accelerate growth: PM
• FM's Speech | Budget Highlights
• The Finance Bill, 2004
• No tax breaks for common man
• BPO tax on MNCs abolished
• 50% DA, basic salary to be merged
• 'Interim Budget a poll gimmick'
• FM projects 7.5-8% GDP growth
• 6 more AIIMS-like hospitals soon
• Govt to declare war on poverty
• Stamp duty structure halved
• IDBI to retain development financing role
• 10th Plan to focus on power, roads
• DoT outlay at Rs 11,660 crore
• Govt pegs IT plan outlay at Rs 889 cr
• Govt sees 4% drop in total receipts
• Convention centres at Delhi, Mumbai
• We want a 2nd green revolution: FM
• Govt hikes free baggage allowance
• Interim Budget unconstitutional: Oppn

• More Budget news...

Run-Up To The Budget

• Mini-Budget may reduce Customs duty
• Having the cake and eating it too
• Budget: Sops likely for hardware sector
• Panel against slashing GBS fund
• PCs, air travel to be cheaper
• Govt may go for interim budget
• Vote-on-account likely on Jan 22
• Vote-on-account this month
• MNCs to get tax break for BPO income
• Economy to grow beyond 8.4%: Jaswant
• Computers may get tax breaks in Budget
• Stiff ECB norms may see rollback
• Budget may give way to vote-on-account

Special

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Jaswant Singh can't be lucky twice over
Singh's first few pre-budget interviews indicate a renewed thrust to agriculture, which he calls the second Green Revolution.

Columns

• Sukumar Mukhopadhyay: A growth-oriented 'Budget'
• A K Bhattacharya: Why Jaswant seems better than Yashwant
• P Vaidyanathan Iyer: The Budget not-to-be
• Tamal Bandyopadhyay: What I want in 2004
• A K Bhattacharya: Vote-on-account vs full Budget

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