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AXING THE TAX: Mukherjee left many tax rates untouched and rolled back other taxes.

AXING THE TAX: Mukherjee left many tax rates untouched and rolled back other taxes.

Bankers welcome Budget, hail taxation proposal

Leading bankers on Monday welcomed the Budget for 2009-10 and have said that with a lot of tax rates left unchanged, there will be more money in the hands of the common man.

DRIVING FORCE: ‘The driving force of the economic reforms is the banking sector,” says Chidambaram.

'Banking sector drives India's economy'

Finance Minsiter P Chidambaram has described India’s banking sector as the driving force of economic reforms.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/banking-sector-drives-indias-economy/32386-7.html

DON"T PANIC: Finance Minister assures investors market fundamentals are still stron.

Stay invested: FM tells investors

FM said that the system was in place and assured that government would provide all assistance to overcome liquidity problem.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/stay-invested-fm-tells-investors/11105-7.html

PLAIN TALK: Finance minister P Chidambaram clarified  that he has no intentions to tax the FIIs.

Read FM's lips: No tax on FIIs

The Finance minister said that the govt has no intention of taxing FIIs as the Sensex had fallen due to global pressures.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/read-fms-lips-no-tax-on-fiis/10965-7.html

State Bank of India hikes deposit rates

The bank increased deposit rates across the board by 0.25-0.50 per cent. Now lending rates too, may be headed up soon.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/state-bank-of-india-hikes-deposit-rates/3459-7.html

Upgrade to stay ahead; FM to banks

The Finance Minister has said that the banking sector needs a massive up gradation on technological front to remain competitive.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/upgrade-to-stay-ahead-fm-to-banks/381-7.html

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