Copyright \xa9 Yahoo! Web Services India Pvt Ltd. All Rights Reserved. http://in.news.yahoo.com/budget08-business-news.html en-en Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:05:00 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/budget08-business-news.html /images/logo.gif 30 140 http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080304/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-bjp-questions-budget-on-loan-waiver-946dd1a.html /ani/20080304/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-bjp-questions-budget-on-loan-waiver-946dd1a_1 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:05:00 +0530 New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): Calling the 2008-09 Budget populist, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders today sought answers from the UPA Government as to how funds would be garnered for the proposed waiver of loans for small and marginal farmers. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080303/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-farm-loan-waiver-was-needed-to-curb-946dd1a.html /ani/20080303/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-farm-loan-waiver-was-needed-to-curb-946dd1a_1 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:05:00 +0530 New Delhi, Mar 03 (ANI): Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said in a meeting with Industry associations in the capital that the loan waiver provided for the farmers was very much warranted as it was necessary that India should not rely on imported food grains for its requirements. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080303/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-sensex-plunges-by-over-900-points-946dd1a.html /ani/20080303/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-sensex-plunges-by-over-900-points-946dd1a_1 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:05:00 +0530 Mumbai, Mar 3 (ANI): The 30-share sensitive index (sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday opened with a negative gap of 351 points at 17,228 and shed over 900 points before closing at 16,677 points. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080303/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-kerala-farmers-stage-a-crawling-marc-946dd1a.html /ani/20080303/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-kerala-farmers-stage-a-crawling-marc-946dd1a_1 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:35:00 +0530 New Delhi, Mar 3 (ANI): Farmers in large numbers participated in a crawling march in New Delhi to protest against the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interests (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 that empowers banks to dispose of defaulters' securities to recover dues. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080303/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-india-s-benchmark-index-crashes-over-6276fdc.html /indiaabroad/20080303/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-india-s-benchmark-index-crashes-over-6276fdc_1 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:52:00 +0530 Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) After opening the day in the red Monday, the Indian equity markets plunged deeply despite Finance Minister P. Chidambaram saying there was no cause for worry. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080303/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-fall-in-indian-shares-echoes-global-6276fdc.html /indiaabroad/20080303/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-fall-in-indian-shares-echoes-global-6276fdc_1 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:17:00 +0530 New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The fall in Indian stock markets Monday reflect what is happening globally and there was not much cause for worry as India's growth stock was intact, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080303/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-budget-session-of-assam-assembly-beg-946dd1a.html /ani/20080303/r_t_ani_bs_budget08/tbs-budget-session-of-assam-assembly-beg-946dd1a_1 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:35:00 +0530 Dispur, Mar 3 (ANI): The month-long Budget Session of Assam Assembly for year 2008-09 will commence here today. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080301/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-haldia-petrochemicals-worried-over-n-6276fdc.html /indiaabroad/20080301/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-haldia-petrochemicals-worried-over-n-6276fdc_1 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:05:00 +0530 Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL), a showpiece joint venture project of the West Bengal government, is worried over the proposal in the union budget to re-impose five percent import duty on naphtha. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080301/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-farmers-needn-t-repay-unauthorised-m-6276fdc.html /indiaabroad/20080301/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-farmers-needn-t-repay-unauthorised-m-6276fdc_1 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0530 Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) A day after Finance Minister P. Chidambaram waived bank loans to small farmers in the annual budget, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here Saturday that farmers need not pay back loans taken from 'unauthorised' moneylenders either. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080301/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-loan-waiver-fails-to-satisfy-kerala-6276fdc.html /indiaabroad/20080301/r_t_ians_bs_budget08/tbs-loan-waiver-fails-to-satisfy-kerala-6276fdc_1 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:15:00 +0530 Kozhikode, March 1 (IANS) The farmers of Wayanad, which is in the grip of an agrarian crisis, feel that the waiver of agricultural loans announced in the union budget alone will not provide the needed relief to the farmers. IANS