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Completely wrong to call Budget pro-corporate: Centre
"They (critics) are completely wrong...it is ill founded, misguided and certainly not backed up with any data," Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said.
In pics: Budget in numbers
The Budget was short on structural reforms and contained revenue targets some called unrealistic.
Arun Jaitley proposes gold monetisation through deposit accounts in Union Budget
India is one of the largest consumers of gold in the world and imports as much as 800-1000 tonnes of gold each year.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget goes for growth, focuses on social security, delays fiscal cuts
Jaitley announced a budget aimed at high growth, saying the pace of cutting the fiscal deficit would slow as he seeks to boost investment and ensure that ordinary people benefit.
Budget 2015: Nifty at 1-month closing high, Sensex up 141 points; banks soar
The 50-share index was up 57.25 points at 8901.85. The Sensex ended up 141.38 points. About 1241 shares have advanced, 1494 shares declined, and 220 shares are unchanged.
Sensex, Nifty surge after Eco Survey boosts Budget hopes
The Sensex has touched a high of 28,991.40 points and a low of 28,863.43 points in the trade so far.
Railway Budget 2015: Seventy Seven new railway projects worth Rs 96,182 crore sanctioned
Suresh Prabhu said this budgetary allotment under capital is 84 per cent higher than 2014-15.
Investors looking for a 'growth oriented budget'
Fiscal discipline if adhered to can bring in a lot of positive changes in the economy. Incentives to select industries can further improve earnings of stressed businesses.
Rail stocks plunge up to 13 per cent on profit-booking
In its budget preview, broking firm Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd said, "Rail Budget is likely to launch a plethora of initiatives along with an improvement in its finances."
Markets riding for a fall unless budget delivers
Foreign investors have poured in $8.21 billion into Indian stocks and debt since the start of the year.
Market to remain jittery till Budget, like private banks: Quantum
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Neeraj Deewan of Quantum Securities said market volatility is likely to continue.
Stock market to remain volatile ahead of F&O expiry, Budget
The pre-budget expectations will start building up and corresponding sectors may see increased interest, analysts said.
Sensex up 184 points, capital goods surge
A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), closed on Wednesday's trade 184 points or 0.63 per cent up as capital goods stocks surged.
'Make in India' and 'Digital India' goals should define Budget 2015: LG
The Finance Minister needs to remove anomaly in the inverted duty structure for the benefit of manufacturing in India.
Sensex gains 41 points on fifth day of rise; Greek debt talks eyed
The NSE Nifty moved up by 3.85 points to finish at 8,809.35.
Modi government needs to take proactive steps as IIP dips, inflation rises
In December, retail inflation was at 4.28 per cent (recalculated with new base year). The same 5 per cent with 2010 as base year.
