'We must share a good relationship with that country but not a strategic one so that we become a part of their global ambitions and our soil is used to give a call for regime changes in countries which they consider "evil empires".'

'Both sides welcomed the successful completion of discussions on India's separation plan and looked forward to\nthe full implementation of the commitment in the July 18, 2005, joint statement on nuclear cooperation.'

Chidambaram's Budget speech.

'One of the key issues is how big a nuclear weapons programme India wants to have and how rigid the barrier will be between civil and military,' says Stephen Cohen.

The text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address from the Red Fort on Monday.\n

'Sixty percent IITians are in India, many heading great institutions in the private and public sectors,' says Professor M G K Menon.

India has still a long way to go to meet the Millennium Development Goals such as elimination of poverty by 2015, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday announced in the Budget for 2005-06 that the Planning Commission has drawn up Tsunami relief programme costing Rs 10,260 crore (Rs 102.6 billion).

The reforms proposed by the Kelkar Committee have wide ranging implications on the impact of tax on individuals.

The text of President A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the joint sitting of Parliament.

While it is uncertain how much of the impact of The Kelkar reforms will be felt in the near term, over the next few years tax reforms are likely to move broadly in tandem with what has been suggested.

'With such brilliant people like Dr Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram around, our \n\neconomic agenda will be the best,' says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who is in charge of drafting the \n\nnew government's Common Minimum Programme.

Acknowledging that the credit delivery system is not functioning as expected, RBI has constituted two committees as directed by the ministry.