I am no financial expert for loves playing with numbers. Neither am I financial professional who can play with numbers at his fingertips. I am just an ordinary student and a citizen of this country who was recently wondering what the Union Budget 2011 will hold. There are many like me who are worried about all the issues plaguing the country of late from scams galore to black money in the Swiss markets to rising inflation and also increase in prices of basic commodities from food to fuel.

In this scenario there are many questions. Will the budget be just another set of numbers by the government to please the masses? Will the budget really make a difference in the FDI in the country which has fallen by about 36% in 09-10 compared to 08-09? Will the budget rein down the runaway inflation? All these questions and more stare in the face of the common consumer. I have laid down the top 10 expectations I have from the Union Budget this year –

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