Interim budget 2014-15 at a glance
The government announced a package of indirect tax cuts to breathe life into spending and investment, and trumpeted its record of growth and reform over the past decade in its last budget before an election it looks set to lose.
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Mr Chidambaram presents the interim budget for fiscal year 2014-15 to cover expenditure until the government's term ends in May. The biggest highlight of Mr Chidambaram's speech was the announcement on fiscal deficit and government borrowing target for the next fiscal.