With just about a month to go for Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to present the Budget for 2011-12, Honorary Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of India Raghuram Rajan said the government must take a hard look at subsidies, particularly petroleum subsidies, pull back on government demand, stop expanding big programmes and definitely not launch any new ones.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/dont-launch-any-new-schemes-cut-oil-subsidies-pms-advisor-rajan-tells-govt
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fuel-pricing
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
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