Budget 2013 2014

Budget 2013: Just money won't help public health, we need state incentives

If anybody thought that Centre’s extra allocation will make a major difference, here is the reality - the real impetus for universal healthcare should actually come from the states which account for 85% of the country’s government-spend.

Is the govt facing a crisis on political consensus before Budget 2013?

Has the government reached out to the opposition on its seriousness on economic reforms so that there is political consensus before Budget 2013? No, said the opposition parties on a CNN-IBN panel discussion.

No super-rich taxes: FM to put investors before voters in Budget 2013

Aides to P. Chidambaram said the eloquent Harvard-educated lawyer finally convinced leaders of his Congress party that more profligate spending would make a sovereign rating downgrade to 'junk' status inevitable and could trigger an economic meltdown.

Take the weekly Firstpost Budget quiz

In the run up to Budget 2013, Firstpost will be conducting a special quiz related to past and present budgets. This is the second quiz