finance budget 2008

By Vipin Agnihotri

With today’s budget, plenty of things in India have gone cheaper while others have become expensive. If you are a chain smoker, there is bad news for you. P Chidambaram has raised duty on non-filter cigarettes.

This budget has not given much direct attention to the needs of the real estate sector, except in peripheral ways. While the focus on upliftment of the common man is definitely positive, it would seem that a general waking-up to the sector’s potential and ongoing contributions to the country’s economy is still pending. There has been no mention on granting the sector industry status.

By Vipin Agnihotri

Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram today presented his fifth annual budget. All through out the day, The India Street analyzed this year budget for their readers. Find below some of the salient features of Indian budget.

We're starting to add some of the local India CNBC investment channel video to the India Street as we come up on our new website release this month. Below, we have added a recent CNBC segment on the Finance Budget for your enjoyment.