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Over 80% schools in Kerala still use firewood
KOCHI: According to the Annual Work Plan and Budget 2017-18, only 26.6% of the schools serving midday-meals in government and aided institutions are cooking meals using LPG cylinders while the remaining
KOCHI: According to the Annual Work Plan and Budget 2017-18, only 26.6% of the schools serving midday-meals in government and aided institutions are cooking meals using LPG cylinders while the remaining
In his maiden budget speech for the 2017/18 financial year, the Minister for Water and Irrigation, Engineer Gerson Lwenge, told the National Assembly yesterday that the strategy will improve water access
The National Planning Commission and Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development have been jointly felicitated with the ‘South-South Triangular Cooperation Leadership Award 2013’. Global South-South
The majority of cross-sector businesses and organisations have backed the Committee on Climate Change's (CCC) review of the Fourth Carbon Budget, which concludes there is no basis to change the budget.
The Wayamba Provincial Agriculture Ministry has been allocated Rs.68.98 million for paddy cultivation and Rs.41.98 million to uplift the fisheries industry from the 2014 budget. The Provincial Agriculture
The International Solar Alliance, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francoise Hollande in November 2015, will channel $300 billion in 10 years to promote renewable energy projects
The Uttarakhand government presented a tax-free, revenue surplus budget for 2013-14 amid uproar in the Assembly on Wednesday. While no new tax proposal has been made in the Budget, the total receipts are
Pathanamthitta municipal Budget lays stress on waste disposal, solar power Municipal vice-chairperson S. Rasheeda Beevi presented the annual budget of the Pathanamthitta municipality for 2013-’14 on Monday envisaging a revenue of Rs.27,67,95,532, expenditure of Rs.25,88,23,572, and a surplus of Rs.1,79,71,960. A Rs.60-crore drinking water supply project with Central assistance was among the major budget proposals.
Soft drinks and cigarettes will cost more in Punjab effective April 1, with the state government hiking the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Rs 460.21 crore deficit budget presented in the state assembly here today. Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa presented the budget for 2013-14 even as the opposition Congress members abstained from the House for the sixth successive day, holding a "mock session" outside the Assembly complex to protest suspension of their nine members last week.
The impacts of climate change have manifested in multiple ways in the agriculture sector in Nepal, from crop losses due to severe floods, extended droughts, emergence of diseases and proliferation of pests.
Amidst growing concern about the impacts of plastic on the oceans, ecosystems, and human health, there’s another largely hidden dimension of the plastic crisis: plastic’s contribution to global greenhouse
JAIPUR: The ravines of Chambal, known for being the hideout of dacoits, may finally get to witness some positive growth indicators. At least that's what chief minister Ashok Gehlot's budget allocation for the agricultural sector envisions. The budget has drawn up an ambitious plan of leveling the land along the Chambal so that it could be allocated to people without farm land in the area. By providing them an alternate source of livelihood the government wants to ensure that people stay away from joining dacoits. The budget has earmarked Rs 25 crore for the leveling work.
Presenting the budget for 2013-14, Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Wednesday announced a slew of welfare measures: health insurance for migrants, hike in daily wages, VAT exemption
देश के विभिन्न राज्यों में जलवायु परिवर्तन के चलते जल संसाधनों पर कैसा प्रभाव पड़ रहा है, इसके गहन अध्ययन की तैयारी है। रुड़की, [रीना डंडरियाल]: जलवायु परिवर्तन के चलते देश के विभिन्न राज्यों में जल
Giving monuments and memorials a miss this year, the state government presented a tax-free, but deficit budget on Tuesday promising development of all sections of the society. Finance Minister Lalji Verma, who presented state budget in Vidhan Sabha, called it a financial document aimed at
Given the economic and political circumstances, the finance minister has presented a pragmatic vwith good intentions for inclusive and sustainable development. This is one of the most challenging times
PUNE: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi presented a draft budget of Rs 3,248.14 crore for 2013-14 on Thursday. Substantial provisions for 24x7 water supply, Pavana river development
उत्तराखंड के जंगलों में आग की बड़ी चुनौती को छोटा नजराना उत्तराखंड के जंगलों में आग की बड़ी चुनौती को छोटा नजराना उत्तराखंड राज्य में 37,99,960 हेक्टेयर क्षेत्र में फैले जंगलों की आग बुझाने को सरकार ने
<p>Read text of Pranab Mukherjee's speech during budget session of the Parliament. He touched upon various issues like the slow economic growth, growth in agriculture and allied sectors to India's
Karnataka is likely to be the first state in the country to have an exclusive budget for agriculture with a corpus fund of Rs 5,000 crore per year. Agriculture Minister Umesh Katti said here on Wednesday that discussions with the chief minister were on to present a separate agriculture budget.