Himachal CM woos voters with budget bonanzas

Shimla, Feb 7 (IANS) With an eye to woo the common man ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Friday presented a populist but deficit Rs.23,613-crore budget for 2014-15 with no new taxes. The chief minister, who also holds the finance portfolio, announced a 10 percent dearness allowance from July 1 last year for over 250,000 government employees and ...

Source: IANS

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