NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Finance Minister P. Chidambaram began presenting one of the most highly anticipated budgets of recent years on Thursday, as the government looks to rein in a bloated fiscal deficit and restore confidence in Asia's third-largest economy.
The 2013/14 budget caps an intensive seven-month campaign by the energetic Chidambaram, who was appointed last August, to turn around India's fortunes after years of policy drift and global economic turmoil.
(Reporting by Delhi newsroom)