Interim budget; focus on farm, defence

Last Updated: Feb 16 2009 | 12:00 AM IST

Indian government paraded its economic achievements on Monday and promised help for the rural sector as it tried to shield the economy from a global credit crunch and stem job losses with elections just weeks away.Acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee began charting spending plans for the 2009-10 fiscal year from April to July, a stop-gap measure to take care of essential spending during and in the immediate aftermath of general elections.

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