New Delhi: Today's Budget is one of the biggest challenges of Pranab Mukherjee's long political career and the Finance Minister set the tone for it when he described the year gone by as a "year of recovery interrupted." He began with listing grim ground realities - the global economic scenario, the battle with double digit inflation and said it was time for tough decisions. Here is the full speech delivered by Pranab Mukherjee in the Parliament today while presenting the financial budget.
Union Budget 2012: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's full speech
Budget 2012 Pranab Mukherjee Speech
Union Budget 2012: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's full speech
Budget 2012 Pranab Mukherjee Speech
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