Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has described the Union Budget as anti-farmer and disappointing, adding that it would compound the problems of the common man who is facing the brunt of economic slowdown.

Mr. Chauhan said that the Union Government had not shown any sincere intent to curb rising prices and counter the economic slowdown.

NEW DELHI: The Union Budget 2009-10 was hailed by Congress leaders in Delhi on Monday as a development-oriented and pro-poor budget which would take the country forward.

More sops for defaulters; 1% interest subsidy for timely payers.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has gone beyond what the Congress manifesto promised by offering cheaper credit to farmers who repay their loans in time and extending the repayment period for loan defaulters covered under the Rs 71,000-crore agriculture debt waiver and relief scheme announced in February 2008.

Customs duty cut from 7.5% to 2.5%.
THE FINANCE minister has announced that Customs duty on bio-diesel will be reduced from 7.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent and duty-paid high-speed diesel blended with up to 20 per cent bio-diesel will be fully exempted from excise duties.

Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to allocate Rs 1,000 crore for Aila relief to the Bengal government as sought by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, a move likely to please the state

PAWAN BALI
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday allocated around Rs 4,000 crores for providing housing and basic amenities to the urban poor

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Pranab Mukherjee

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has described the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee as

Vivek Sinha
July 6: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has chosen infrastructure development in rural and urban areas to provide economic stimulus to the economy and to usher in inclusive growth.