http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Thu, 23 May 2013 00:30:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/business/robin-hood-or-just-hood-fm-has-mugged-all-rich-and-poor-249058.html#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:02:51 +0000 Jagannathan http://www.firstpost.com/?p=249058 The budget effectively spares no one - rich, poor or the middle classes. Everyone has been nicked or mugged for taxes.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/business/robin-hood-or-just-hood-fm-has-mugged-all-rich-and-poor-249058.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/is-pranabs-optimistic-fuel-subsidy-plan-a-pipe-dream-248183.html#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:28:30 +0000 Sourav Majumdar http://www.firstpost.com/?p=248183 Rising crude and political compulsions could throw calculations seriously off track]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/is-pranabs-optimistic-fuel-subsidy-plan-a-pipe-dream-248183.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/countrymen-you-need-to-give-a-damn-about-budget-2012-245681.html#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:39:57 +0000 FP Editors http://www.firstpost.com/?p=245681 Directly or indirectly, the government’s budget proposals affect us all.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/countrymen-you-need-to-give-a-damn-about-budget-2012-245681.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/budget/like-chidu-will-pranab-risk-another-dream-budget-245512.html#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:55:43 +0000 FP Editors http://www.firstpost.com/?p=245512 The Dream Budget— On 28 February 1997, Palaniappan Chidambaram presented what was perhaps the only effort by a finance minister in independent India to be extolled to the skies.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/budget/like-chidu-will-pranab-risk-another-dream-budget-245512.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/breaking-views/union-budget-2012-the-speech-that-pranab-should-make-245443.html#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:41:24 +0000 Jagannathan http://www.firstpost.com/?p=245443 There is nothing as energising as tax cuts. I am opting for a simple regime where taxes are extremely reasonable and easy to calculate and pay.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/breaking-views/union-budget-2012-the-speech-that-pranab-should-make-245443.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/budget-2012-primer-tackling-the-fiscal-deficit-242187.html#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:58:18 +0000 Arjun Parthasarathy http://www.firstpost.com/?p=242187 Deficit numbers for 2011-12, while higher in absolute terms may not be alarming. This is called “inflating away the fiscal deficit”.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/budget-2012-primer-tackling-the-fiscal-deficit-242187.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/budget/budget-2012-what-if-it-turns-out-to-be-a-damp-squib-241776.html#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:36:09 +0000 FP Editors http://www.firstpost.com/?p=241776 Forget economic reforms, the government might not even be able to substantially slash its fiscal deficit too.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/budget/budget-2012-what-if-it-turns-out-to-be-a-damp-squib-241776.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/what-india-inc-expects-from-budget-2012-sense-not-sensation-240911.html#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:46:21 +0000 Sourav Majumdar http://www.firstpost.com/?p=240911 Service tax on all services barring a negative list; changes in laws to bring Vodafone-like deals under net seen ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/what-india-inc-expects-from-budget-2012-sense-not-sensation-240911.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/budget-2012-more-populist-than-reformist-238620.html#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:20:35 +0000 FP Editors http://www.firstpost.com/?p=238620 Don't hold your breath for a stunningly 'big-bang' Budget. Chances are, the government no longer has any appetite for that.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/budget-2012-more-populist-than-reformist-238620.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/budget-2012-primer-what-does-govt-spend-money-on-234161.html#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:24:01 +0000 Arjun Parthasarathy http://www.firstpost.com/?p=234161 Spending on rural employment takes away much needed resources for building infrastructure. Similarly, any loan waiver program will eat into capital spending on infrastructure.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/budget-2012-primer-what-does-govt-spend-money-on-234161.html/feed 0