Maharashtra budget targets water crisis
With the state in the grip of a drought, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who holds the finance portfolio, set aside almost 25 per cent of the budget for tackling the state's water crisis. Though he avoided announcing
With the state in the grip of a drought, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who holds the finance portfolio, set aside almost 25 per cent of the budget for tackling the state's water crisis. Though he avoided announcing
Rural development ministry, state representatives to review labour budgets next month Drought-hit states will get more money to meet increased demand for jobs from affected farmers under the Mahatma Gandhi
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Scheme announced in Union budget The move to purchase another 10,000 buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and enhanced support in the 12th Five Year Plan will give an impetus to the bus transport system in the State. The decision to purchase the buses was announced in the Union budget as the 14,524 buses already on the road had made a big contribution to the urban transport system. A sum of Rs.14,873 crore has been allocated in the budget and a significant portion is to support the purchase of 10,000 buses.
PUNE: The much-delayed Pune metro rail project got a funding of Rs 10.01 crore in the Union Budget on Thursday. The Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations, that have proposed the project in association with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, have already made provisions in their respective budgets for the year 2013-14. The budgetary head, 'Pune Metro', figures in the list of projects of the urban development department for the first time this year in budget. The total funding of Rs 10.01 crore has been bifurcated into three components.
The FM wants credit for acting on environment, but does the wrong things The "mool mantra" of Budget 2013 is inclusive and sustainable development, says Finance Minister P Chidambaram. But, as far as the environment is concerned, there is no substance in the Budget that tells us how the direction of growth will be environmentally sound. Instead, the finance minister talks about the Cabinet Committee on Investment, which has been set up to fast-track clearances. There is no indication in his speech that this drive for investment will be cognisant of the needs for sustainability and will strengthen, not weaken, the regulatory system that governs green clearances.
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Scrips of RIL, ONGC down The Finance Minister's announcement for the oil and gas companies did not cheer key players in the industry. Industry players gave a thumbs down to FM's proposal to review the oil and gas exploration policy and move from profit sharing to revenue sharing contracts. "The proposal to the move from profit sharing model to revenue sharing model marks substantial increase in risk profile for exploration and production companies. From an overall perspective, Budget 2013 has a negative bias for oil and gas industry," said Nabin Ballodia, Partner-Tax, KPMG India.
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In a push to the contentious Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill before the all-party meeting on April 18, the Centre is reaching out to various political parties in an attempt to
CLIMATE Change Minister Greg Combet has hit back over claims that this week's carbon price policy reversal would blow a hole in the federal budget, saying any impact would likely be dwarfed by fluctuations
The Gujarat government on Wednesday announced its annual budget for 2013-14, pegged at R1,14,450 crore with an annual development plan of R58,500 crore. The farmer-youth-women centric budget presented by finance minister Nitin Patel has allocated the largest chunk of available resources to social service (R24,586 crore), followed by irrigation and flood control (R12,660 crore), transportation (R5,006 crore), energy (R4,996 crore), industries and mines (R 2,455 crore), agri and allied services (R3,763 crore).
The expenditure squeeze being enforced for 2012-13 and the likely freezing of the Budget size for 2013-14 could impact many welfare schemes run by the ministry of rural development (MRD) the most, although the UPA's showpiece Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) might be spared. With economic prospects deteriorating more than initially expected by the government, the finance ministry is cutting down the budgetary allocation for this fiscal to popular schemes like Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Indira Awaas Yojana and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) by 20-25%, sources said. These cut would be seen in the revised estimate in the Budget.
Clears Rs 1,500 cr SCRIPS project, Biju Expressway "The IPR 2015 has been approved after several rounds of consultation with different administrative departments and industry associations. Stress has
The state government which boasted of a surplus budget at the start of the financial year on Wednesday feared that the tax concessions extended by the state government and the Centre will lead to a deficit budget.
Addis Abeba Water & Sewerage Authority (AWSSA) is deploying 10 mobile liquid waste treatment plants, which it has procured for 759 million Br of its own budget, at seven condominium sites. The Kality
Inadequate budget, poor maintenance and stakeholders’ apathy towards sustainability of the existing drinking water and sanitation projects in the country has posed a serious challenge to achieving the
Kochi: The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) will focus on addressing transport issues in the upcoming budget. Briefing the media on pre-budget discussions in Kochi on Monday, GCDA chairman N Venugopal said that various transport projects, including the ring road and water transport projects, would be given importance in the budget. GCDA will send a letter to the state government requesting that the development body be made the nodal agency for coordinating various water transport proejcts in Kochi.
The Economic Survey of India (ESI) 2017-18 was tabled in parliament marking the first business of this year’s budget session. The ESI document gives an account of the performance of India’s economy during
The government in its proposed budget for 2010-2011 fiscal, has allocated Tk 700 crore to mitigate effects of disasters and natural calamities due to climate change and to rehabilitate the dislocated people. Minister for Finance AMA Muhith yesterday disclosed this in his budget speech given in Parliament. The government had allocated same amount of money to deal with the climate change issue