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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: Dinesh Trivedi may end up as first rail minister to go after presenting budget

TNN | | This is the first time in Indian parliamentary history that the railway minister’s own party has planned to go to any length to force a rollback in hike of passenger fares.

Rail Budget: Activists say disabled get raw deal in budget

Prerna Sodhi | | Several measures announced by railway minister Dinesh Trivedi for the differently-abled has been slammed as tokenism by activists espousing their cause.

Rail Budget: Rajdhani inches closer to the Maharaja

TNN | | Unless the railway minister bows to party chief Mamata Banerjee’s diktat to roll back the fare hike, the Rajdhanis may lose their AC-I regulars to flights.

Rail Budget: Delhi cheer for nine trains

Dwaipayan Ghosh | | The national capital region had much to cheer after railway minister Dinesh Trivedi presented the budget on Wednesday. Besides introduction of nine new trains — either passing through NCR or originating from it — the minister also extended the run of several other trains or raised their frequency.

Rail Budget: Short on steam but high on hope

TNN | | Dinesh Trivedi’s budget projected one of the most dramatic recoveries ever in railway finances by suggesting that the operating ratio — which measures what percentage of revenues are consumed by routine expenses — will improve from 95% in this year to 84.9% in 2012-13.