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Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee arrives at parliament for the opening of the budget session in New Delhi. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH
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President Pratibha Patil, accompanied by Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan K Bansal, proceeds to address the joint session of Parliament to mark the beginning of Budget session, in New Delhi. PTI Photo by Vijay Kumar Joshi
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President Pratibha Patil, accompanied by vice president and chairman of Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and parliamentary affairs minister Pawan K Bansal, proceeds to address the joint session of Parliament to mark the beginning of Budget session, in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Vijay Kumar Joshi
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President Pratibha Patil addresses the joint session of Parliament, marking the start of the Budget session in New Delhi. PTI Photo / TV GRAB
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A housewife watching live telecast of President Pratibha Patil's customary address on the opening day of the budget session of Parliament, in Mumbai. The President listed the achievements of the government in providing health benefit facilities for women. Agencies
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with MoS V Narayanasamy talks to the media as he arrives at Parliament House on the first day of the budget session, in New Delhi. PTI Photo by Vijay Kumar Joshi
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, flanked by parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and ministers of state V Narayanasamy (R) and Harish Rawat, arrives at Parliament House on the first day of the budget session, in New Delhi on Monday. Vijay Kumar Joshi
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being received by Harish Rawat, MoS for Parliamentary Affairs on the opening day of the Budget session in New Delhi. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and other members during President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint session of Parliament, marking the start of the Budget session, in New Delhi. PTI Photo / TV GRAB
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MoS for Parliamentary Affairs Harish Rawat talking to media on the opening day of the Budget session in New Delhi. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan
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Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Dharmendra Yadav and Neeraj Shekhar at Parliament House on the opening day of Budget session, in New Delhi. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee during President Pratibha Patil address to the joint session of Parliament, marking the start of the Budget session, in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo / TV GRAB
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