2014 Budget
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With all this spending, how will Jaitley make up the fiscal deficit shortfall?
Jaitley has promised to meet the ambitious target of 4.1% that Chidambaram set in March, but he's being rather optimistic.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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The best and the worst: 10 highlights of the budget
What will be cheaper and what will be more expensive?
Sahil Bhalla
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Why India's national finances should terrify you
The nation has been living beyond its means, year after year.
John Samuel Raja D, qz.com
Trending
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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu likely to receive very heavy rainfall amid possible cyclone
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US charges Indian man for alleged plot to murder Sikh separatist in New York
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis
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J&K: NIT Srinagar student booked for alleged derogatory post about Prophet Muhammad
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Anand Patwardhan: Breaking the shackles of the Military Industrial Complex
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Out with Nehru-Gandhi names for government plans and in with icons of the Right
Not just the Congress can play the yojana name-game.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Why raising the price of cigarettes will do little to discourage most Indian smokers
Only households in the country’s top 5% income-bracket have higher cigarette consumption than beedis.
Sahil Bhalla
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In 18 years, a generation has come of age but India's budget priorities remain the same
Five charts tracking the big-ticket expenditures of the vital first-year budgets of five governments.
Mridula Chari
Video
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Watch: Journalist-satirist parodies TV newsroom discussions on election results day
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Watch: Australian teacher explains how to master English pronunciation and talk like Shashi Tharoor
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On TV: Reporter crawls through roadside pipe to show how trapped workers were rescued in Uttarakhand
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Rs 200 crore for the Sardar statue is less than a tenth of the total amount it needs
But there is perhaps a more pressing problem: sourcing material.
Mridula Chari
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Here are the lucky beneficiaries of Arun Jaitley's Rs 100-crore club
Where else will you see the beti bachao beti padhao yojana sitting next to a study looking into linking all of India's rivers?
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Five policy signals to look out for in Modi sarkar's first budget
The finance minister has promised fiscal prudence over mindless populism, but it remains to be seen what exactly that will mean.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Reel
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A new Annapurna Devi film could be the last word on the recluse – or the start of a new quest
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term