Centre to present 'full Budget' in February
New Delhi: Indian Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has said that there will be a full Budget and not vote-on account, given that the prime minister himself has already said that Lok Sabha elections will be as per schedule in October 2004. About whether the intended 'full-Budget' will nevertheless turn out to be 'soft', with a reduced reforms thrust, Singh said reforms are a continuous process.

He said that placing excessive emphasis on the Budget is a throwback to the idioms of yesterday and there is a need to demystify the Budget process. The finance minister reiterated his now familiar line: "Management of the country's finances is not any black magic."
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