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What
do top CEOs expect from the forthcoming budget? To gauge
the expectations of Indian industry, business channel
CNBC commissioned global market research company Synovate
to conduct a dipstick poll among over 100 CEOs and top
corporate heads from among the top 500 Indian companies
to gauge their expectations from the forthcoming union
budget 2006. The poll was conducted telephonically between
February 10-17, 2006. Exclusive to domain-b.

- Conclusions:
- CEOs
circumspect.
- Budget
likely to have pro-agriculture tilt.
- FDI
in a number of sectors to increase. FM may make the
insurance sector happy, predict CEOs.
- FMs
pet FBT likely to stay predict senior honchos;
and not likely to interchange with higher corporate
tax.
- Budget
likely to give a boost to infrastructure and welfare
schemes. More likely to appease the poor.
- CEOs
predict, this budget could be a mixed bag.
- May
bring happy tidings for agriculture, infrastructure,
insurance and other sectors whove been long pressing
for FDI.
- Could
be a pro-reform Budget
See:
People's verdict: Great
non-expectations
Other
reports on governance
General
reports on Industry
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