This extra spending is over and above the Rs1.86 trillion announced by the government in three fiscal stimulus packages over the last seven months

This extra spending is over and above the Rs1.86 trillion announced by the government in three fiscal stimulus packages over the last seven months

Q&A with Pranab Mukherjee: "My job was to improve our foreign exchange position and see that we did not fall into a debt trap"

Corporate India welcomed the bold tax reforms but expressed regret that the minimum alternate tax was raised and security transaction tax was let to continue

Corporate India welcomed the bold tax reforms but expressed regret that the minimum alternate tax was raised and security transaction tax was let to continue

Fiscal deficit to balloon to 6.8% of GDP this year; bond yields rise, stocks fall nearly 6%, rupee weakens; no pressure on credit rating despite yawning deficit, says S&P

Mamata Banerjee has something to offer to everyone – poor, womenfolk, journalists, unorganized workers, budget airline flyers, suburban travelers and long distance travelers. [Read more]

Mamata Banerjee’s railway budget is full of sops for passengers, but some opposition politicians say it does little for the poor. [Read more]

Mint’s Sangeeta Singh says many of the UPA’s programmes for rural India combine development and populism effectively. [Read more]

Mamata presents please-all budget, no price hikes; Economic Survey predicts recovery, recommends reform; Delhi high court says homosexuality not a crime. [Read more]