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Pranab's budget math has already gone for a toss
Less than a month-and-a-half after the budget was presented, it seems the subsidy bill on food and fuel will be missed by miles #Pranab Mukherjee #Subsidies #Food Security Bill #Union Budget 2012-13 #Fuel Subsidies
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4G auction before 2G? FM's earnings math suggests so
When DoT is saying its spectrum auctions could take all of 400 days, is it prudent for the FM to claim Rs 40,000 crore from auctions in 2012-13. #Disinvestment #Budget 2012 #Union Budget 2012-13 #Spectrum Auctions
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Robin Hood or just Hood? FM has mugged all, rich and poor
The budget effectively spares no one - rich, poor or the middle classes. Everyone has been nicked or mugged for taxes. #Buffett Tax #Budget 2012 #Union Budget 2012-13 #BudgetAnalysis
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Budget 2012: Do we need a 1990s crisis to shock us into reforms?
Individuals who earn Rs 100 and spend Rs 150 won't usually get even a credit card. But India's profligate government thinks it will get by. #fiscal deficit #Public finance #Budget2012 #Union Budget 2012-13 #Budget Analysis
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Budget 2012: Why not withdraw tax breaks to companies?
The size of revenue forgone through tax breaks is twice as big as the subsidy bill. Isn't this the place to start fixing the fiscal deficit? #Tax #Budget2012 #Subsidies in India #Union Budget 2012-13 #Budget Analysis
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Budget 2012 power sops will trim your future electricity bills
The power sector has been one of the largest beneficiaries of the budget. It should help moderate future power tariff increases. #coal #Budget2012 #Union Budget 2012-13 #Power Projects
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The end of budget as defining document
The budget this year has been reduced to an accounting statement with no roadmaps on how it is going to achieve its various goals, says Raghav Bahl. #raghav bahl #Budget2012 #Union Budget 2012-13 #Budget Analysis
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Is budget 2012 good, bad, ugly? Here are 10 ways to rate it
Of the 10 points on which the budget can be evaluated, six are mildly positive. But the numbers could still go wrong. #Finance #Budget 2012 #Union Budget 2012-13 #Budget Analysis
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Look Subbu, I shrunk the fiscal deficit. Now, about the repo cut...
While the budget does not spell out concrete steps to rein in the fisc, his statements may be intended to mollify the RBI #Pranab Mukherjee #RBI #Duvvuri Subbarao #Gross Domestic Product #Deficit #Budget 2012 #Union Budget 2012-13
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Is Budget 2012 about to legalise petty bribe income?
A small provision in the budget says people with unexplained incomes or credits will be taxed at the top rate, and not their bracket. #Budget 2012 #Union Budget 2012-13 #Legalising Bribes