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Meira Kumar, P Chidambaram and LK Advani listen to Pranab Mukherjee present Budget 2012-13.
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Industrialists watching Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee presenting the annual Budget 2012-13, on the screens at CII in New Delhi. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh
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TV grab shows Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi listening to the Budget speech of Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in Lok Sabha. Agencies
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FM Pranab Mukherjee presents Budget 2012-13 as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on.
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Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee arrives at parliament surrounded by the media prior to presenting the national budget in New Delhi. Government was due to deliver its budget as an acrimonious split in its ranks over hiking rail fares highlighted the increasingly dysfunctional nature of the ruling coalition. The Congress-led administration, already battered by a string of graft scandals, is under financial market pressure to cut public spending and rein in a ballooning deficit at the same time as spurring slowing growth. AFP PHOTO/ Raveendran
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Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, center, holds a briefcase containing the annual budget documents as he arrives at the Indian Parliament in New Delhi. Mukherjee presented India's new budget today amid concerns about inflation, the country's falling growth rate and its large deficit. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee poses for the media in parliament prior to presenting the national budget in New Delhi. Government was due to deliver its budget as an acrimonious split in its ranks over hiking rail fares highlighted the increasingly dysfunctional nature of the ruling coalition. The Congress-led administration, already battered by a string of graft scandals, is under financial market pressure to cut public spending and rein in a ballooning deficit at the same time as spurring slowing growth. AFP PHOTO/ Raveendran
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Workers carry sacks of financial papers related to the budget at the Indian Parliament hours before the Indian budget is presented, in New Delhi. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented India's new budget today amid concerns about inflation, the country's falling growth rate and its large deficit. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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A sniffer dog is used to secure sacks of financial papers related to the budget at the Indian Parliament hours before the Indian budget is presented, in New Delhi. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented India's new budget today amid concerns about inflation, the country's falling growth rate and its large deficit. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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TV grab shows Lok Sabha members listening to the budget speech of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi. Agencies
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TV combo grab shows Union finance Minsiter Pranab Mukherjee presenting General Budget 2012-13, as Speaker Meira Kumar tries to quieten protesting members in Lok Sabha on Friday. Agencies.
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