FM shares honour with PM Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday shared a rare honour with only Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in presenting all the five budgets on behalf of a government and could not help patting himself.
Budget is poll stunt, says Left Terming the exercise as an election stunt or an exercise for advancing the general elections, the Left parties said the Finance Minister had disappointed the nation with his budget.
Ktaka verdict: Budget ignores inflation The 2008-09 budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram elicited a mixed reaction from Karnataka MPs on Friday.
Budget: Defence takes a backseat Defence has taken a backseat in the UPA governments election-centric budget for the next financial year.
Sonia, PM pat Chidus back Ms Gandhi said, Today is a very happy occasion. The waiver of loans on farmers by the UPA government is a revolutionary step.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi acknowledge greetings of farmers arrived to express their gratitude for loan waiver announced in the Union Budget 2008-09, in New Delhi on Friday. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is also seen.PTI
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