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The Five-Minute Budget.
(From Business Today (India))
For those readers who have neither the time nor the inclination, a quick tour of the Budget.
THE HIGHLIGHTS
Food For Work Programme to be launched in 150 of the poorest districts in the country
Agricultural credit to be doubled in the next three years
A 2 per cent education cess levied on all taxes except sales tax
No collateral required for educational loans up to Rs 7.5 lakh
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