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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 spreads goodies across the board

TNN | | Bengal does not top the list in new trains -- it's placed second with 15 new express trains compared to 17 each in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Rail Budget: Steel companies to gain from new tracks

TNN | | The introduction of new trains, new railway stations, new tracks and gauge conversion in the railway budget proposal are all being seen as critical ingredients for increasing steel consumption in the country and will give a boost to steel companies, especially state-owned SAIL and Jindal Steel and Power Limited.

Wagon, coach, component makers smell business

TNN | | At a time when railways minister Dinesh Trivedi, has been at the receiving end from political parties for increasing fares, manufacturers of wagons, coaches and rail components have thrown their weight behind his proposals in the railway budget and said it would lead the railways to a higher level.

Rail Budget 2012: After a decade, all tickets to cost more

TNN | | Dinesh Trivedi did what none of his predecessors had done for almost a decade — he hiked passenger fares across the board.

Rail stocks dip as fares follow freight hike

TNN | | The hike in passenger fares in the railway budget which came within days of increase in freight rates, combined with the department’s poor track record on implementing its projects on time and within costs, pulled down stocks of most companies that work with the railways.