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Pratap Chakravarty

India offer jobs and perks worth billions in first budget after polls

Indian customers at a foreign exchange outlet pose for a photo as they exchange Indian rupees (L) for US dollars in Bangalore on August 24, 2013. © AFP

New Delhi – India in its first budget after elections this year promised to focus on jobs creation and farmers while offering lavish benefits to key partners of the coalition government.

Finance Minister Niramala Seetharaman unveiling the budget on Tuesday said her multi-party government will spend 22 billion euros until 2029 on schemes to create jobs in a move that will benefit 40 million people.

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