Dikshit presents a populist budget
With the State Assembly polls just around the corner, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, also in charge of the Finance Ministry, has presented a populist budget with a heavy social-sector spending.
Diwali budgets of corporates to present ``gift'' is expected to be touching Rs 32bn this year as against Rs 20.25bn in 2009 as a result of boom in Indian economy and mass scale availability of durable, handy tempting products at competitive cost, according to the random survey undertaken by the Associated chamber of commerce and industry of India.