India's President Mrs Pratibha Patil (centre), accompanied by Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha (upper house of Parliament) Hamid Ansari (right), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left), Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar (2nd right) and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan K Bansal (besides Singh) proceeds to address a joint sitting of Parliament to mark the beginning of the annual Budget session, in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo