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Clean water for all in K400m pipeline
PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe says the allocation of close to K400 million in the 2017 budget towards improvement of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in the 2017 budget is in
Budget
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Works, energy, education take lion’s share
Works, energy and education sectors have taken a lion’s share according to 2017/18 budget presented by the finance minister, Matia Kasaija. Kasaija presented the sh29trillion budget to MPs, government
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Egypt allocates about $8b for fuel subsidies in 2017-18 budget
Egypt has set a total subsidy bill of 330 billion Egyptian pounds ($18.23 billion) in its budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year beginning in July, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Monday. The amount
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Finance ministry allocates EGP 9.4bn for sanitation in health budget for FY 2017/2018
Member of parliament (MP) and member of the Health Committee in the parliament Magdy Morshed said that the Ministry of Finance has included the financial allocations for sanitation in the general budget
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5 Lakh mosquito nets to prevent diseases in tribal areas
HYDERABAD: Health minister C Laxma Reddy on Wednesday directed Telangana State Medical Services Infrastructure Development Corporation (TSMSIDC) to distribute five lakh mosquito nets in the agency areas
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State adds to target for new black farmers
The government is looking to increase the number of black commercial farmers to ensure ownership and control of the agricultural value chain by previously disadvantaged groups. Agriculture, Forestry
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Farm loan waiver: Panel report likely by June 15
An expert group headed by NITI Aayog adviser Dr T Haque, constituted by the Punjab Government to look into the waiver of farm loans, is likely to submit its interim report before June 15. The state
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Nigeria: NASS Doubles Rural Electrification Budget to N31 Billion
The National Assembly has doubled the 2017 budget proposal of the National Rural Electrification Agency, NREA, raising the executive expenditure proposal for the agency from N16,137,871,005 to N31,044,204551
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Tanzania: Water Budget Tabled in Dodoma
Minister for Water and Irrigation Eng Gerson Lwenge has tabled a Sh672 billion budget estimates for 2017/18 fiscal year in Dodoma on Wednesday. He said that up to March 2017, about 22.9 million people
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Nigeria: 500, 000 Malnourished Children Risk Death Over Delayed Passage of 2017 Budget
Five months into 2017, there is still no budget or funding for 2.5 million Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM) children in the country. And like in previous years, about 500,000 of them risk death before