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Budget 2013: Chidambaram nets big fish
Budgets presented in the run-up to elections, whether in the pre or post-reforms era, have tended to showcase how much the government is doing for the common man.

Union Budget 2013: Shockwaves on the Rich-ter scale, crorepatis clubbed with 10% surcharge blow
P Chidambaram decided to take a leaf out of the Warren Buffett rule book by whacking the wealthy with a rich tax, though he said it was only for the period of a year.

Union Budget 2013: Chidambaram has it covered for insurers
Insurance CEOs are excited about the proposals announced by the finance minister that make it easier to distribute policies.

Bansalonomics: High on substance, low on flourish

TNN | | A meticulous parliamentarian, railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal didn’t seem too nervous before his maiden budget. But he did quickly glance through the list of business, as the Lok Sabha dispensed with routine pursuits, to check when it would be his turn.

Rail Budget 2013: Railways bonanza for pilgrims, tourists

TNN | | The railway ministry is in talks with the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to study the feasibility of issuing visitor passes to pilgrims travelling by rail at the time of booking the ticket.

Rail Budget 2013: NCP upset with Maharashtra neglect in Budget

TNN | | Allies and opponents of Congress were united in opposing Pawan Bansal’s rail budget, with NCP boss Sharad Pawar telling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that the proposals were an injustice to Maharashtra and, hence, not acceptable.

Rail Budget 2013: Ticket for new ride to cost Rs 4,700 crore

TNN | | Pawan Kumar Bansal presented a budget that is estimated to yield an additional Rs 4,683cr by way of fresh levies despite apparently leaving passenger fares untouched.

Rail Budget 2103: Rs 1,650 crore boost to aid Parel, Harbour Line projects

Manthan K Mehta | | Mumbai's 76 lakh suburban passengers can also look forward to 72 new services on CR and WR, though they may also remember that 75 services were announced last year while only 59 have been introduced so far.

Rail Budget 2013: RPF to escort CR women coaches if posts fill up

Nitasha Natu | | Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials from Central Railway said on Tuesday that they intend to provide night escorts on local trains if vacancies in the force are filled up.

Rail Budget 2013: Ajit Pawar calls for lobby to pressure Centre for railway sops

Ambarish Mishra | | Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Tuesday slammed railway minister P K Bansal for “ignoring’’ the state in his budget.

Rail Budget 2013: Mumbai to get its first AC train to Delhi on Central Railway route

Chittaranjan Tembhekar and Manthan K Mehta | | Ten new long-distance trains, three extensions of existing train routes and a survey to explore the possibility of two additional Central Railway lines are what Mumbai can expect this financial year.

Rail budget 2013: Work in progress on last year’s promises

Manthan K Mehta | | Compared to this year, the 2012-13 budget was a blockbuster for Mumbaikars. The then railway minister Dinesh Trivedi had announced a slew of new projects, including the 12-car Harbour Line corridor, an air-conditioned suburban train.

CM Shettar terms railway budget as anti-people

Anil Kumar M | | Expressing displeasure on railway budget, chief minister Jagadish Shettar stated that increase in freight charges will lead to price rise burdening the common man.

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