00835pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001700040245004700057260000900104300001600113362001000129520040500139650001900544650004400563650003600607773003400643180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKarnik, Ajit  aImpressive grandstanding but empty coffers  c2005  ap.1406-409.  a2 Apr  aBudget 2005-06 seeks to paint a picture of a government committed to pushing the development of sectors that have been neglected during the process of economic reforms. Unfortunately, it wishes to do this without bringing about structural changes in its public finances. There exists a serious malaise in the quality of government expenditures, which can be ignored only at great peril. - Reproduced.  aBudget - India  aEconomic and social development - India  aEconomic and social development  aEconomic and Political Weekly