With MSP430 you have a launch pad board, And as far as I know your local electronics market will for dead sure have PIC starter boards. They should not cost anything more than 800 rupees. If you are going with PIC, you will get a free IDE from Microchip(MPLABX) and tons on free examples online. So on that end you won't have much problems.
So using PIC should be the easiest way to get you started. If you are in Bangalore, there are two shops at the end of SP road(nsk electronics and sri lakshmi electronics) which stock eval boards for PIC and MSP430. They will also have every thing you need to get started and to move to an intermediate level as they primary stock parts which students use for college projects.
You will also need some resistors, led's, and probably a USB to serial converter cable. Take time to study the PIC tutorial online. The best place to start is this.
Tutorials at : http://embedded-lab.com/blog/?page_id=26
You can work through the hard ware and software examples. It will require both patience and a bit of 'persistence' to get through them. But with time you will only get better.
As for the cost the net will not be more than say 1500 rupees. Which is pretty cheap for what you will learn.
As with these things, going with a little research helps, spend 3-4 days going through tutorial to what parts and in what quantities you need to buy so that you don't have to go there again and again.