The measures announced on student loans and skill development were aimed at India realising its demographic dividend, he said.
"The issue of one rank one pension has been addressed comprehensively and I'm confident that our forces, officers and jawans will welcome this," Manmohan Singh said.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi later thanked Manmohan Singh for accepting the "one rank one pension" demand of the armed forces.
Interim budget is well-balanced: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday praised the interim budget for 2014-15, saying Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had "aptly summarised" the economic and social achievements of the past 10 years of which the UPA
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