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6th zero deficit Budget in a row

With eye on elections, no fresh taxes proposed; budgetary expenditure Rs 43,543 cr Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today presented the sixth consecutive zero deficit Budget of the National Conference-Congress coalition government. The Rs 43,543-crore Budget presented by the Finance Minister on Thursday was the last Budget of the present coalition and 14th by Rather in his political career of nearly four decades.

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