Live Budget 2013

Japanese automaker Nissan has officially discontinued the Datsun budget auto brand in Indonesia. The company has closed production of all Nissan and Datsun cars in the South East Asian country and will continue sales of Datsun vehicles till existing stocks are cleared with the dealers. The automaker sold the Datsun GO, GO+ and Go Cross models in th...

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's eighth Budget was not a big bang affair, but analysts said he has quietly ensured that India's finances are in shape and the economy gets back on track even as the government gets into an election mode. The markets may have been unimpressed by the Budget, but the aam aadmi walked out with a better deal.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram unveiled a surge in spending on Thursday, despite expectations of an austerity budget to shore up the government's finances, imposing new taxes on the rich and large companies to fund a dash for growth ahead of an election due by next year.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who presented his eighth Budget in Parliament today, held a press conference.

A surprise hike in tax on SUVs in India risked hurting one of the only bright spots in the country's automotive market, sending industry shares falling on Thursday after a budget that offered little help for the struggling industry.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday hailed Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for promising to revisit criteria for special category status and said that it was a 'victory in-principle' for Bihar in view of its consistent demand for grant of such a status.

The 23-year-old student whose fatal gang-rape on a moving bus in Delhi stirred national outrage and grief has inspired the government to create a special Rs. 1000-crore "Nirbhaya Fund," largely dedicated to improving women's safety, the Finance Minister said in Parliament today.

Budget 2013: P Chidambaram, shackled by the worst economic slowdown in a decade and the political demands of an election year, served a Budget 2013 today that has been described at best as balanced and pragmatic and at worst as disappointing and lacking substance. The Prime Minister said Mr Chidambaram had done a "commendable job", while RBI Deputy...

Union Budget 2013: Hailing the budget, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it would reverse the pessimistic mood and lay the roadmap for investments as he expressed confidence of returning to eight per cent growth within three years.

Delhi Metro on Thursday got a budgetary allocation of Rs 7,701 crore for construction of its ambitious Phase-III project that envisages extending the modern transport system further in the national capital.

Mobile phones are set to become costlier with Finance Minister P Chidambaram raising excise duty to six per cent on handsets priced above Rs 2,000 in Budget 2013-14.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday presented his eighth annual budget in Parliament, the second highest by anyone in the country after a record ten by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

The 23-year-old student whose fatal gang-rape on a moving bus in Delhi stirred national outrage and grief has inspired the government to create a special Rs 1000-crore fund, largely dedicated to improving women's safety, the Finance Minister said in Parliament today.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram is presenting his Budget 2013 in Parliament. The following are the highlights of his keenly-watched tax proposals:

Union Budget 2013: The government has upped its allocation for defence expenditure by 4. 5 per cent to Rs 2.03 lakh crore for the financial year 2013-14, effectively negating the intense speculation that the stuttering growth of the Indian economy could have a cascading effect on the country's military.

Japanese automaker Nissan has officially discontinued the Datsun budget auto brand in Indonesia. The company has closed production of all Nissan and Datsun cars in the South East Asian country and will continue sales of Datsun vehicles till existing stocks are cleared with the dealers. The automaker sold the Datsun GO, GO+ and Go Cross models in th...

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's eighth Budget was not a big bang affair, but analysts said he has quietly ensured that India's finances are in shape and the economy gets back on track even as the government gets into an election mode. The markets may have been unimpressed by the Budget, but the aam aadmi walked out with a better deal.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram unveiled a surge in spending on Thursday, despite expectations of an austerity budget to shore up the government's finances, imposing new taxes on the rich and large companies to fund a dash for growth ahead of an election due by next year.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who presented his eighth Budget in Parliament today, held a press conference.

A surprise hike in tax on SUVs in India risked hurting one of the only bright spots in the country's automotive market, sending industry shares falling on Thursday after a budget that offered little help for the struggling industry.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday hailed Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for promising to revisit criteria for special category status and said that it was a 'victory in-principle' for Bihar in view of its consistent demand for grant of such a status.

The 23-year-old student whose fatal gang-rape on a moving bus in Delhi stirred national outrage and grief has inspired the government to create a special Rs. 1000-crore "Nirbhaya Fund," largely dedicated to improving women's safety, the Finance Minister said in Parliament today.

Budget 2013: P Chidambaram, shackled by the worst economic slowdown in a decade and the political demands of an election year, served a Budget 2013 today that has been described at best as balanced and pragmatic and at worst as disappointing and lacking substance. The Prime Minister said Mr Chidambaram had done a "commendable job", while RBI Deputy...

Union Budget 2013: Hailing the budget, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it would reverse the pessimistic mood and lay the roadmap for investments as he expressed confidence of returning to eight per cent growth within three years.

Delhi Metro on Thursday got a budgetary allocation of Rs 7,701 crore for construction of its ambitious Phase-III project that envisages extending the modern transport system further in the national capital.

Mobile phones are set to become costlier with Finance Minister P Chidambaram raising excise duty to six per cent on handsets priced above Rs 2,000 in Budget 2013-14.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday presented his eighth annual budget in Parliament, the second highest by anyone in the country after a record ten by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

The 23-year-old student whose fatal gang-rape on a moving bus in Delhi stirred national outrage and grief has inspired the government to create a special Rs 1000-crore fund, largely dedicated to improving women's safety, the Finance Minister said in Parliament today.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram is presenting his Budget 2013 in Parliament. The following are the highlights of his keenly-watched tax proposals:

Union Budget 2013: The government has upped its allocation for defence expenditure by 4. 5 per cent to Rs 2.03 lakh crore for the financial year 2013-14, effectively negating the intense speculation that the stuttering growth of the Indian economy could have a cascading effect on the country's military.