Tags: 'VAT & set-off of CST',
'increase employment',
'treartment of POL products',
'Jaswant Singh/ Finance Minister',
'local taxes: entry tax/ purchase tax/ TOT',
'Kelkar Task Force',
'proposals not borne by fine print',
'Section 88: denies freedom',
'captive source of funds for FIs',
'infrastructure projects: 'viability gap' funding',
'irrigation ignored',
Union Budget (2003-04)',
'exemptions continue: more exemptions',
'accelerate growth',
'sops for mega power projects',
'fiscal discipline',
'capital gains tax on equity/ DDT: uncertainties',
'build infrastructure'