On 6 July Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the union budget for the financial year 2009-2010. Mukherjee outlined plans to speed up infrastructure development and increase spending to help farmers and the poor.
The budget, the first since the Congress-led government was re-elected in May, also has implications for the country’s legal sector, bringing legal consultancy services under the ambit of service tax.
“At least the government has finally acknowledged that we’re providing a service,” joked one lawyer.
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