Government has applauded Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget given, as they put it, given the challenging political circumstances. Home Minister P Chidambaram has told that Pranab Mukherjee has consolidated the budget for the future. Law Minister Salman Khurshid has told that Pranab Mukherjee could not have given better budget than this.<br /><br />For more log onto - http://alpha.newsx.com