A people-friendly budget on the cards (Editorial)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government is gearing up to present its last budget before the general election and there is no doubt that please-all is going to be the mantra for this annual accounting ritual. Finance Minister P Chidambaram has made it clear that next year will only be a vote on account, so his last budget speech - at least under the present regime - will be on Feb 29.