Union Budget 2006-07 updates
Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Union Budget for 2006-07 on February 28, 2006. Here are the links to the major stories that cover the budget.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Candles,
bricks
exempted
from
tax
Lok
Sabha
passes
Finance
Bill
by
voice
vote
Monday, March 03, 2006
Budget lacks focus on macro-economic issues: Sinha
Friday, February 28 2006
Assistance
for
Nepal,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan
reduced
Mixed
reaction
to
Union
Budget
2006-07
in
NE
Welfare
Schemes
for
uplifting
Tribals
get
Rs
440
cr
Union
budget
failed
to
address
FBT,
GST
concerns
Funds
for
National
Drinking
Water
Mission
increased
40000
villages
to
be
electrified
during
2006-07
Allocation
for
Mid-day
Meal
Scheme
enhanced
National
E-Governance
plan
to
be
launched
Allocation
for
Defence
enhanced
to
Rs
89,000cr
Bharat
Nirman
gets
54
per
cent
more
funds
Govt
implements
Finance
Comm's
proposal
Service
tax
net
widened,
personal
IT
unchanged
PM
says
'growth-oriented'
budget
by
Chidambaram
Five
ultra
mega
power
projects
by
year-end:
FM
No
new
taxes
to
be
imposed:
Finance
Minister
Excise
duty
exemption
on
many
processed
food
items
Shipping
dept
allocation
increased
by
37
pc
Allocations
raised
for
8
UPA
programmes