Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee gestures during the function in New Delhi on Saturday, 24 March 2012.India's finance minister appealed March 24 to fractious government allies and a hostile opposition to cooperate 'in the national interest' to restore the health of Asia's third-largest economy.

Photographer: A Sarthak

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