不过，奇丹巴拉姆仍对经济今年保持百分之8.5的增长率表示乐观。

However, the finance minister expressed optimism that the economy will maintain a growth rate of 8.5 percent in the current year.

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奇丹巴拉姆说：“我们最大的失败就是减少贫困的步伐不够快，就业的增长不够快。”

Our biggest failure is that the pace of reduction of poverty has not been fast enough, that the growth of employment has not been fast enough, "Chidambaram said."

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奇丹巴拉姆最新提议抹除3千万贫弱农民的债务，这一提议显示出官员们对变化的抵触。

One indication of officials' resistance to change is Mr Chidambaram's new proposal to erase the debts of 30m small farmers.

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