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    FM Jaitley takes dig at Rahul's demand for separate farm Budget

    At a press briefing, Jaitley announced that the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to scrap nearly a century old practice of having a separate railway budget and merging it with general budget.

    September 22, 2016 / 10:12 IST

    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley mocked at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for demanding a separate budget presentation for agriculture saying why did the idea not come to him when UPA was in power.

    At a press briefing, Jaitley announced that the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to scrap nearly a century old practice of having a separate railway budget and merging it with general budget.

    When he was asked about Gandhi's demand for a separate budget for agriculture, he said, "Why did this thought not come to him in last 10 years.

    first published: Sep 22, 2016 09:36 am

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