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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.

Rail Budget 2013: Safety net for 'gentle giants’ announced

TNN | | The death of 11 elephants in less than a month and a half on rail tracks got the railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to put the threat to “gentle giants” on record in his budget speech.

Rail Budget 2013: Kalahandi miffed at missing wagon factory

Riyan Ramanath V | | While some sections of people said a wagon factory would have generated more employment, others expressed satisfaction at the railway ministry's decision.

Rail Budget 2013 receives mix response from industry

Tushar Pawar | | The railway budget presented by Union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal for the fiscal year 2013-14 on Tuesday, received mixed response from the industry.

Rail Budget 2013: Disappointment again for Odisha

Rajaram Satapathy | | Protests mounted here as the Union rail minister presented the budget in the Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday, with chief minister Naveen Patnaik describing the budget as 'grossly insufficient'.

Rail Budget 2013: Sambalpur disappointed

Ajit Nayak | | However, the budget introduced a new weekly train from Bhubaneswar to Hazrat Nizamuddin via Sambalpur town, providing some solace to people here.

Rail Budget 2013: Train services extended up to Bangalore, north Karnataka region

H M Aravind | | There are 24 trains operating between Mysore-Bangalore.The railway minister has extended four trains to Mysore, which will help improve connectivity to Bangalore and north Karnataka.

Rail Budget 2013: Nehru Place Delhi’s IT piracy hub

Abhinav Garg | | Traders at the computer market in Nehru Place, rated among the world’s most notorious piracy hubs, have several hours of secret recordings showing how software pirates operate and revealing for the first time the kingpin of this racket.

Rail Budget 2013: Basic facilities missing at Ghaziabad station

Aniruddha Ghosal | | Even as the railways minister allocated Rs 100 crore for improving stations in Delhi, getting funds for providing basic amenities at the Ghaziabad railway station seems to be a far cry.

Rail Budget 2013: Upgraded IRCTC website to handle 120,000 users at a time

TNN | | The new technology will be able to handle 120,000 simultaneous users at any point against the current capacity of 40,000.

Rail Budget 2013: NCR gets just 3 new locals

Dwaipayan Ghosh | | The city’s three main stations have got Rs 100 crore for development in this year’s railway budget but there’s not much for NCR’s suburban railway passengers. Already suffering from delays and overcrowding due to severely strained infrastructure, its local network was ignored again, by another railway minister.

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