New Delhi, Feb 26 (Inditop.com) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday invoked the Hindu rain god Lord Indra for a good monsoon that, he said, would help maintain the growth trajectory of the Indian economy.
Mukherjee’s invocation at the very start of his 2010-11 budget speech in parliament underlined the importance of the monsoon for agriculture in India, an activity that provides livelihood to over 60 percent of the population.
