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New Delhi : The Union finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee's budgetary proposals for the year 2010-11 may help the economy to achieve the magic growth figure which is targeted at 8.5%, but little it can do to vanish the price inflation worries. In fact certain proposals in the Budget would lead to further rise in prices of essential commodities.

Finance Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee has demonstrated clearly how he can React to adverse situations and how he can think clearly in favorable economic climate. Last year he presented a budget that was best suited to the circumstances of a global meltdown and how impact was being assessed on the Indian economy.

LUCKNOW: Despite ideological differences, the leaders of opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh are united in opposing the 'emergency' imposed on the State by the Mayawati Government.

The Union Budget for 2010/11, presented by the Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, effects a partial rollback of fiscal stimulus, except for small-scale and export and other weaker sectors, while raising additional revenue to meet higher plan and non-plan expenditures and to re-launch the fiscal consolidation process.

The good news is that there are no major budget blues for the corporate sector. The budget provisions for 2010-11 do not have anything much for the corporate sector and the stock market to specially cheer about though the market reacted otherwise, initially. The budget has been more or less on expected lines.

New Delhi: The Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the Union Budget 2010-11, in the Lok Sabha today, has announced three major initiatives for the unorganized sector. The National Social Security Fund for unorganized sector workers is to be set up with an initial allocation of Rs. 1000 crore. This fund will support schemes for weavers, toddy tappers, rickshaw pullers, bidi workers etc.

New Delhi: Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister, while presenting the Union Budget in Lok Sabha today, said that the government intends to follow a four-pronged strategy covering (a) agricultural production; (b) reduction in wastage of produce; (c) credit support to farmers; and (d) a thrust to the food processing sector.

New Delhi: Returning on the path of fiscal consolidation, the fiscal deficit is proposed to be pegged at 5.5 per cent in the General Budget 2010-11 against a fiscal deficit of 7.8 per cent in 2008-09 and 6.9 per cent as per the Revised Estimates for 2009-10. At 5.5 per cent of GDP the fiscal deficit in 2010-11 works out to Rs. 3,81,408 crore. The Medium Term Fiscal Policy statement presented by the Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in Lok Sabha today has fixed the rolling targets for fiscal deficit at 4.8 per cent and 4.1 per cent for 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively.

New Delhi: The Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in his Budget speech in Lok Sabha today announced that the Government proposes to set up a Financial Sector Reforms Commission to re-write and clean up the financial sector laws. This would bring the laws in line with the requirements of the sector doing away with the ambiguity and complexity crept in these old legislations with amendments and changes made in them over the years.

New Delhi: In the Union Budget 2010-11 presented by the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha today, the rate reduction in Central Excise duties has been partially rolled back and the standard rate on all non-petroleum products enhanced from 8 per cent to 10 per cent ad valorem.