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Politicians applaud finance minister's hike of defence budget by 10 percent

New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): Politicians on Monday applauded finance minister P Chidambaram's accepting of long pending "one rank, one pension" principle for armed forces as part of a 10 per cent hike in defence budget to $36 billion, a decision by which Congress could win support of soldiers ahead of upcoming polls. Feb 17, 2014
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Finance Minister presents interim budget, politicos call it election oriented

New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): After Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented an interim budget, amidst protests over Telangana, political leaders called it ‘election oriented’. TMC leader Saugata Roy said that it is nothing but a vote on account of three months. BJP leader Jaswant Singh said that there is no guarantee if the government will work on it. Further, BSP Chief Mayawati said that there is nothing new in the budget. Meanwhile, BJD leader Jay Panda welcomed the ‘one rank one pension’ clause and said that the budget can’t change the mood of the nation before the general elections. Feb 17, 2014
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One rank, One pension good decision, came out of competitive politics: Defence Expert

New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): Commenting on ‘one rank, one pension’ clause of the interim budget presented on Monday by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Expert Bharat Verma said that this is the only good decision brought out , though it came because of competitive politics. He said that this happened because Rahul Gandhi intervened on the same. Further, he said that this would not shift the ex-servicemen’s votes towards Congress. Feb 17, 2014
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