Aam Aadmi is all over Budget: Chidambaram

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 23:03 [IST]

New Delhi, Feb 28 (UNI) 'Aam Aadmi,' the Congress party's mascot, is writ all over Budget 2007-08, according to Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

The one lakh means-cum-merit scholarship, employment for one lakh physically challenged people a year, grant for ground water re-charge for seven million dug wells and social security for 10 million rural landless households were all meant to benefit the 'aam aadmi,' Mr Chidambaram said today.

The Finance Minister made the observation at his post-Budget press conference in reply to a question on what the Budget held out for the commonman.

''Instead of asking what is there for me,'' see what the Budget had for the common good of the people, he admonished the reporter.

UNI

Topics: BUDGET-CHIDAMBARAM-AAM AADMI

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