Pranabmukherjee

Mukherjee knows his onions but will he deliver?

This budget is being seen as a "test" of the government's political resolve to be less prodigal, spendthrift and implement reforms to rescue India's economy which slowed to 6.1 percent in the third quarter of the financial year 2011-12.

Budget 2012: More populist than reformist?

Don't hold your breath for a stunningly 'big-bang' Budget. Chances are, the government no longer has any appetite for that.