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Chidambaram modifies transaction tax
A proposed 0.15 per cent transaction tax on securities purchases will apply only to trades where securities are delivered, Finance Minister P Chidambaram declared in Parliament.
Mandate to revise economic reforms: Chidambaram
Replying to the debate on the proposed Union Budget 2004-05 in Parliament, FM P Chidambaram stated that the recent electroral verdict was a 'complex mandate' to give another look at the ongoing reform process in the country.

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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram addressing a press conference in New Delhi.( PTI)
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