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MUMBAI: As the finance minister gets ready to present the Union Budget the nation awaits with abated breath to see if actions will speak louder than words this time. To analyze the expectations of various stakeholders from Union Budget 2010-2011. CNBC-TV18 presents a comprehensive line-up of programs coving all aspects of the expectations from the upcoming Budget, the challenges face by the Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee and this Budget will determine India‘s stance in the global arena.
CNBC-TV18 Budget Programming
India Inc. has shown the way by steadfast in face of global recession. As the world looks expectantly fiscal policies to be presented by finance minister CNBC-TV18 presents ‘What the World Thinks‘ with Udayan Mukherjee to give a global perspective to the Union Budget. This week Akash Prakash, CEO of Amansa Capital shares his expectations. Catch his views on Saturday 9 am & 10 pm and Sunday 10 am.
Measuring the performance of the UPA government and the promises met and missed, Sheeren Bhan this week brings ‘Sitaram Yechury‘ economist and one of the most vocal critics of UPA government‘s economic policies to share his report card on the government‘s performance this Saturday 8:30 pm and Sunday 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
As the Indian economy gets back on track is it a right time for the Finance Minister to pull back the stimulus? This week Latha Venkatesh brings three experts from the Industry to look at the possible roadmap of rolling back the stimulus without hurting the economic growth. Watch Former Expenditure secretary-CM Vasudev, Former Planning Commission member- Kirit Parikh and Dr Partha Mukhopadhyay- senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, as the chart the blue print. Timings: Saturday 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm and Sunday 2 pm.
With just over a week to go for Budget 2010, how will the policy proposals affect personal budget of the citizens? Watch Gaurang Shah, MD, Kotak Life Insurance & Sanjay Sinha, CEO L&T Mutual Fund on their views what the near future holds for Personal Budget. Timings: Saturday 10:30 pm and Sunday 8 am & 7:30 pm
The Firm: Watch the special edition of the firm as Seshagiri Rao, Ketan Madia, Rohan Shah, Ketan Dalal & Sudhir Kapadia preview Budget 2010. Timings: Friday 10:30 pm and Sunday 11pm
A budget special featuring Dr Shankar Acharya of ICRIER, Dr Amit Mitra of FICCI and Rashesh Shah of Edelweiss as they discuss the stimulus exit expectations and ways to manage fiscal deficit. Timings: Saturday 12:30 pm & Sunday 10 pm
This week the show focuses on the most basic and critical sector- agriculture. With food supply falling short of demand Prof. Mahendra Dev, Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices and Y K Alagh, Former Agriculture Minister and Planning Commission member, discuss various ways of providing an impetus to Indian agriculture. Timings: Saturday 10.30 am and 2 pm, Sunday 11 am and Monday 5.30 pm
