Budget 2010

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is set to present his sixth national budget Monday, with people hoping for measures that will help them brave high prices and industry expecting steps that would spur demand and reduce tax burden . Full Article

No increase in passenger fares and freight rates in the Railway budget presented on Friday, might be seen as an expectation of no significant increase in excise duties in the coming Union Budget on Monday. CARE Ratings on Friday said it expects no significant increase in excise duties in the coming Union Budget. Full Article

The Union Budget 2011-12 will revolve around fiscal consolidation, inflation control, administrative checks and inclusive growth. We do not anticipate any major roll-back of stimulus (indirect taxes) since some concerns lurk about pace of economic growth in 2011. Full Article

Ahead of the budget session beginning next week, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will hold consultations with senior party leaders tomorrow at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi. With Assembly elections scheduled in five states including West Benga Full Article

Budget 2011 is on the anvil and in about a fortnight’s time, Finance Minister shall unveil his budget announcements for the year 2011-12. It is an unwritten reality that GST may not happen now but the forthcoming Budget should clearly state this an Full Article

Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee met here today the film industry delegation who were accompanying the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ms. Ambika Soni as part of his pre-Budget consultations. The delegation consisted of about 20 Full Article

The budget session of Parliament will begin on Feb 21 and the general budget is slated to be presented to Lok Sabha on Feb 28. The decision to recommend the date for convening of the session to the President was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Co Full Article

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to meet Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao, SEBI Chairman C B Bhave and heads of the other regulatory bodies on January 21 as part of the pre-budget consultations .Mukherjee, sources said, would use inputs fr Full Article