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Highlights of Union Budget 2013-14

India must make tough spending choices, finance minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday, even as he unveiled a bigger-than-expected outlay for the coming fiscal year in one of the most highly anticipated Indian budgets of recent years.

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Budget 2013: Farm credit enhanced by Rs 1.25 lakh crore for FY'14

Finance minister P Chidambaram today announced a sharp increase of Rs 1.25 lakh crore in agriculture credit target to Rs 7 lakh crore for next fiscal and allocated additional Rs 10,000 crore in subsidy for implementing the Food Security Bill. He also allocated 22 per cent more funds to agriculture ministry at Rs 27,049 crore for the 2013-14 fiscal, of which Rs 3,415 crore has been earmarked for farm research.

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Economic Survey 2013: India's global ranking for agricultural-exports improves to 10th

India has improved its position in agricultural and food exports to 10th globally, helped by policy impetus, the Economic Survey said today. "In recent years, the policy impetus by the government has provided much required stability to agri exports," said the Survey for 2012-13. However, the document, tabled in Parliament, did not state the earlier ranking.

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India, Iran must promote trade, economic links: Prez

India and Iran must work together to further promote trade and economic links, increased people- to-people contacts between them and within the region, President Pranab Mukherjee has said. Welcoming an Iranian Parliamentary delegation led by Dr Ali Larijani, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis), at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President said, "Throughout history, both countries have seen an inter- mingling of people and cultures."