Tags: '5th & 6th Pay Commission',
Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Management Act (FRBM)',
'states profligacy',
'Task Force under Dr Vijay Kelkar',
'free power to farmers',
'Common Minimum Programme (CMP)',
'plethora of additional commitments',
'spending on education & healthcare',
'investment in agriculture & rural infrastructure',
'National Highways project & Golden Quadrilateral',
'Sagarmala project',
'project for inter-linking rivers',
'Dr Manmohan Singh',
'National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)',
food & fertilizer subsidy,
'open-ended food procurement',
'interest payments'