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Budget 2000-2001 Highlights
Budget favours traditional, infotech industries
FM puts fiscal deficit at Rs 1 trillion; hikes budget support to plan by Rs 111 bn to Rs 881 bn
Liberalisation programme for venture capital
Govt 'fails' to keep word, Sensex crashes
Traditional industries to be strengthened: Sinha
Govt to shed holdings in nationalised banks
CENVAT to replace MODVAT
Government committed to supporting SSIs
New programmes to focus on basic rural needs
Defence budget up as never before
Sinha's fiscal management plan
More money for family welfare
IT, telecom, entertainment get rebates
Personal taxation: No major surprises
Peak rate of customs duty reduced by 5 per cent
How the rupee is earned and spent: Interest outgo is the biggest expense
Taxes after Budget -- A ready reckoner: By Ganesh Jagadeesh & Co
'Budget is not the end, tougher measures will follow,' says FM Sinha
Reactions to Budget 2000:
The Rediff Jury's verdicts
Budget is aimed at development in all sectors, specially rural areas, says PM
Budget proposals disastrous: Opposition
Budget papers leaked: Congress
Reforms stopped mid-track, say industrialists
Fiscal deficit worries economists
'It's a mixed Budget as far as software and IT are concerned,' says N R Narayanamurthy
'This Budget is retrograde,' says Dr Subramanian Swamy
'It is a modern-looking Budget,' says G P Goenka
'There has been an acknowledgement that the IT and telecom industries are the key drivers of the economy,' says Sunil Bharti Mittal
'It has not done any thing special to push the economy,' says Onkar Singh Kanwar
'We have become satisfied with $ 33 bn forex reserves and therefore decided to tax export incomes which is regressive' says Vikram Thapar
'The rural housing contribution of 2.5 million houses is a good initiative,' says V Suresh
'There is nothing anti-industry in the Budget,' says Amal Ganguli
'Income tax should have been spread evenly on all segments including agriculture and services,' says Dr B B Bhattacharya
'This Budget seems to be too piecemeal,' says Neeraj Roy
'The govt has lost control over the fiscal situation,' says P Chidambaram
'In terms of the telecom sector, I would rate the Budget 7 out of 10,' says Virat Bhatia
'We could still have extended exemption on taxes on the IT industry for another couple of years,' says N Venkaswamy
'That the people can live under an umbrella of security comes at a price,' says Lt Gen Satish Nambiar
Sinha delivers on his promise to 'bite the bullet', says R C Murthy
'The increase in FII limits and retail investor preference for equity funds will augur well,' says Basudeb Sen
'Good on social front, neutral on pharmaceuticals,' says Habil Khorakiwala
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