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SPACE DREAMS: The Union Budget proposed Rs 96 crore allocation for Chandrayaan-I mission.

Isro's space dreams get Budget boost

The Union Budget has allocated an allocation of Rs 50 crore for India's ambitious manned spaceflight.

Budget creates room for Commonwealth Games

Government has proposed a 5-year holiday from income tax keeping to raise 20,000 hotel rooms for the Commonwealth Games.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram presenting the Budget 2007-08 announced stepping up of its expenses by nearly Rs 100,000 crore.

While the Congress was understandably supportive of Chidambaram's budget, the Left and Opposition weren't particularly pleased.

The Budget is going to impact you in a variety of ways: computers will become cheaper, cigarette

The Commonwealth Games to be staged in the Capital in 2010 will get a Rs 500-crore boost, the Finance Minister said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says that the prime focus of the Budget was on education and healthcare.

Chidambaram said that there were many pluses and a few minuses, both of which he dealt with in his speech candidly.

Chidambaram increased excise duty on cigarettes and bidis and gave no relief to pan masala containing tobacco.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday proposed a hike in the defence budget for 2007-08 to Rs 96,000 crore.

Soon after he rolled out Union Budget for 2007-8 in Parliament, Chidambaram spoke on its various provisions.

Indian industry on Wednesday expressed disappointment over Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget for 2007-08.