Union Budget 2013

Union Budget 2013: Expect relief for salary earners, households

UPA-II's last budget may offer some sops to salary earners and households as Finance Minister P Chidambaram will look to balance the compulsions of growth and fiscal prudence with election year politics.

Govt may earn more than Rs 1,800 cr from mobile tax hike next fiscal

The government’s decision to hike the excise duty on phones priced above Rs 2,000 is going to fetch it a lot of money in the coming financial year.

Dear FM, As a woman, here's why Budget 2013 will not help me

Our Finance Minister allocated some special funds for women and set up an all-women bank. But will that really help women?

Images: The politicians take on Union Budget 2013

Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Union Budget 2013, his eighth budget. While some politicians called it a populist budget, some praised him, while some other politicians rubbished it. Here are some reactions.

With Budget 2013, Chidambaram equals Morarji's record

Finance Minister P Chidambaram, with his Budget speech yesterday, became the second minister to have presented eight Budgets in the history of independent India. It was only Morarji Desai who has presented 10 Budgets, of which two were interim Budgets. Here are a few images of Chidambaram before each Budget that he presented.

India Inc calls Budget 2013 balanced, realistic despite rich tax

Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Union Budget 2013-14 today. Here's how the Indian corporates reacted to the budget. Check the captions for their quotes.

Boring Budget 2013: Why Chidu wasted his tryst with destiny

There is nothing wrong with P Chidambaram's budget. The only problem is the markets expected more from him.

Budget 2013: Mobile industry unhappy as phones set to grow costlier

The Union Budget, which was announced earlier today, has received a mixed response from the industry leaders and consumers. But one group of consumers who will...

Chidu has axed capital budget more than wasteful stuff

The budget's skew towards revenue expenditure continues unabated

Chidu's Union Budget 2013 embraces 'Broken Window Fallacy'

Government's are trying to fix what isn't broken - and in the process are doing more damage with their policies of social spending