Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's Budget for 2009-10 presented in Parliament on Monday, saying that the finance minister 'has done an admirable job'.
"This is a good budget, we are looking at growth in the medium term. 8-9 % growth is achieveable," the prime minister said.
The main aim of the budget is to minimise the impact of global recession, hea dded and called the Budget 'rural development-oriented.'
