NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented one of the most highly anticipated Indian 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.
Following are highlights of the budget:
* India faces challenge of getting back to its potential growth rate of 8 pct
(Compiled by Matthias Williams, Annie Banerji, Arup Roychoudhury and Satarupa Bhattacharjya)