
Graphical representation of the highlights of Pranab Mukherjee's Union Budget for 2012-13. ...

03:32 PM, Mar 16, 2012

Budget 2012-2013 Speech of Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance March 16, 2012 Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Union Budget for 2012-13. For the Indian economy, this was a year of recovery interrupted. When one year ago, I rose to present the Budget, the challenges were many, but there was a sense that the world economy was on the mend. The Budget was presented in the first glimmer of...

01:19 PM, Mar 16, 2012

Complete text of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's Union Budget speech for 2011-12: Budget 2011-2012 Speech of Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance February 28, 2011 Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Union Budget for 2011-12. We are reaching the end of a remarkable fiscal year. In a globalised world with its share of uncertainties and rapid changes, this year brought us some opportunities and many challenges as we moved ahead...

01:17 PM, Feb 28, 2011

New Delhi: It will be the 80th budget speech presentation in the history of independent India, when Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday reads out his taxation and other economic policies before Parliament. Parliament has so far hosted 79 budget speeches, including interim and special situation budgetary proposals, ever since the country's first union budget presented by then Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947. For individual records,...

11:18 AM, Feb 27, 2011

New Delhi: For the first time in the country's minting history, government will issue coins of Rs 150, marking the number of years of taxation in India. The special coins, to be released by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee before his Budget speech, will also be brought out in Rs 5 denomination on the occasion of completion of 150 years, from 1860 to 2010, of the Income Tax department. This is...

09:24 PM, Feb 22, 2011

Budget speech isn't economic constitution for the year, he says. ...

12:11 AM, Jul 13, 2009

The BJP members tried protesting but the Speaker didn't pay much heed. ...

08:35 PM, Jul 06, 2009

Hyderabad: Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya conceded that his side Ruhunu Eleven are the underdogs in the Champions League Twenty20, but said they are determined for a good show in the tournament. We are the underdogs. We have got a young team, but with lot of young stars who are playing good cricket in domestic cricket (in Sri Lanka). Now they (youngsters) have got an opportunity here to play...

02:32 PM, Feb 29, 2008

New Delhi: Chennai have a number of quality players in the side, any of whom can make the difference on a given day and bring home a win for the Super Kings. Still, these four players can be key performers as the MS Dhoni-led side looks to defend their CLT20 crown. Suresh Raina: There may be doubts over his place in the Test side, but Suresh Raina has proved himself ...

04:14 PM, Feb 28, 2008

Chidambaram said that there were many pluses and a few minuses, both of which he dealt with in his speech candidly. ...

02:51 PM, Feb 28, 2007