Officials attend the funeral of former Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at Dasrath Stadium in Kathmandu March 21, 2010. Koirala, a leading figure in Nepal's transition from monarchy to republic, died on Saturday in what the Maoists called a loss for the fragile peace process.

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Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, center, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, and Congress Party leader Pranab Mukherjee react during the 125th foundation day celebrations of the party in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009.

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi July 7, 2009. India must come back to higher growth path at the earliest, Mukherjee said on Tuesday. The economy grew 6.7 percent in 2008/09, sharply slower than 9 percent or more expansion in the...

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee listens to a question during a news conference in New Delhi May 27, 2009. Indian commercial banks should lower their interest rates, taking cues from the central bank, and step up loans to the industry to help bolster sagging growth, Mukherjee...

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Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 27, 20009, where he said the full Budget for 2009-10 will be presented in the first week of July. Reviving growth momentum of the economy will be the top priority for the...

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Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) talks with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of ICICI Bank Chandra Kochhar during the World Economic Forum's 25th India Economic Summit-2009 in New Delhi on November 10, 2009. Mukherjee promised the government would reduce...

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee reacts during the three-day long India Economic Summit 2009 at the World Economic Forum in New Delhi November 10, 2009. India is hopeful of more than 7 percent growth in the fiscal year ending March 2011 and 9 percent growth by 2012, Mukherjee...

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Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, left, and Chinese Central Banker Zhou Xiaochuan share a joke as they arrive for the evening dinner at an hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland as part of the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting, Friday Nov. 6, 2009.

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India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee listens as ruling Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in Calcutta, India, Saturday, April 25, 2009. The five-phased election ends May 13, and results are expected May 16.

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Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) presents a 'Coin of Bhabha', the founder of the country's nuclear programme, to Director General, International Atomic Enery Mohamed Elbaradei (R) as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) looks on at the International Conference on...

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center left, interacts with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed Elbaradei, center right, as Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, left, looks on during an international conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy in New Delhi,...

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Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, left, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed Elbaradei attend an international conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

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LONDON - SEPTEMBER 5: (L-R front) Elena Salgado, Spain's finance minister, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of China's central bank, Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's finance minister, Martin Redrado, governor of the Central Bank of Argentina, Agustin Carstens, Mexico's minister of finance, Mervyn...

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Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is pictured during a family picture photocall at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in London, on September 5, 2009. G20 finance ministers are close to agreeing new rules on bankers' bonuses, a source said Saturday, after splits between the US,...

French finance minister, Christine Lagarde (L), India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee(C), and Brazil's finance minister, Guido Mantega, pose for a group photograph at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at the Treasury, in central London September 5, 2009. G20 finance leaders pledged...

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India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, center, flanked by French finance minister Christine Lagarde, left, and Brazil's finance minister Guido Mantega, right, poses for a group picture during the G20 finance Minister's summit at the Treasury in Westminster, central London, Saturday...

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Front row from left to right, G20 finance ministers and central bank governors pose for the group photograph: Elena Salgado, Spain's finance minister, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of China's central bank, Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's finance minister, Martin Redrado, governor of the Central...

India's finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, arrives for the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at the Treasury, in central London September 5, 2009. The G20 group of advanced and emerging nations have agreed on some curbs on bankers' pay, such as clawback for poor performance and forcing...

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From left to right, India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, Brazil's finance minister Guido Mantega, China's finance minister Xie Xuren, and Russia's finance minister Alexey Kudrin, right, prepare for a news conference following their meeting in central London, Friday Sept. 4, 2009. ...

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee listens through a translation headset during a meeting of the BRIC countries at the G20 Finance Ministers summit in London September 4, 2009. G20 policymakers gather in London on Friday and are expected to promise to keep economic support...

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Alexei Kudrin, Russia's finance minister, right, joins a table with Xie Xuren, China's finance minister, second left, Pranab Mukherjee, India's finance minister, left, and Guido Mantega, Brazil's finance minister during a press conference for the BRIC nations, Brazil, Russia, India and China,...

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) together with Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia (2nd L) and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (R) attend the Planning Commission meeting of the full panel in the second term of UPA government in New Delhi on...

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) speaks with Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee during the inauguration ceremony of a 6km (4 miles) expanded stretch of the city's metro railway in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 22, 2009. Banerjee on Saturday inaugurated the...

A labourer pulls a plastic sheet to cover sacks of paddy from rain at a grain market in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh January 13, 2010. The Indian economy is expected to grow by around 7.75 percent in the fiscal year to March 2010, but food price inflation is a major concern,...

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi July 7, 2009.