It was late CPI member A B Bardhan who had disdainfully dismissed the panic in the stock markets after the shock defeat of the BJP-led government in 2004, saying he did not give two hoots to what happened
Nepal is among the countries in the world that are most vulnerable to climate change, and effective resource mobilization is key if the negative impacts of environmental degradation on lives and livelihoods
The government has proposed to eliminate the import duty on components that make up solar panels. In his last full budget before Union elections, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has proposed that the duty
1. Healthcare The Centre today announced the world's largest government-funded health care programme aimed at benefiting 10 crore poor families by providing coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per
According to the World Health Organisation Global TB report 2016, India accounts for 2.8 million of the 10.3 million new TB cases globally More than half of all cases of TB every year — two-thirds of
The Centre's budget outlay for environment and forests for 2018-19 is exactly what it was last year to the second decimal point, and portends reduced funds for coastal management, environment protection
The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana was introduced to provide energy access to all by last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all remaining un-electrified households in rural and
The UN’s trade and development body has downgraded its global economic growth projection for 2022 to 2.6% from 3.6% due to the Ukraine war and to changes in macroeconomic policies made by countries in
With prices falling at such a fast pace, financially beleaguered state-owned power distribution companies are reneging on contracts they had signed at higher tariffs As tariffs tumble to record lows
Process under way to increase rates charged by civic-run hospitals. WITH MUMBAI a global hotspot for tuberculosis, the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) budget is slated to make substantial
NEW DELHI: The Centre has said that Rs 1,000 crore will be earmarked in the coming Budget to tackle the problem of stubble burning, among other things, in Delhi's neighbouring states in an effort to make
The health budget is expected to rise by 11 per cent to $8.2 billion, according to a report. New Delhi: India is poised to raise its public health spending by 11 percent in the annual budget next month,
While acknowledging implementation of 89 irrigation projects under AIBP, which have been languishing for years, Jaitley in his Budget speech had said, “we will ensure that 23 of these projects are completed
It used to be 80% until today's announcement Shreya The Union Budget capped the accelerated depreciation (AD) tax benefit provided under Income Tax Act at maximum 40% effective from April, 2017. The
The Union Budget 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley turned out to be positive for some sectors and negative for others. The Budget announcements came in as a mixed bag for the power companies.
Defending the Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday that it addresses the “harsh reality” of distress in rural India and the farm sector beleaguered by successive poor monsoons. The Budget
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union Budget on Monday left the middle class and salaried people high and dry, hit by slow economic growth and the rising cost of living. There was no increase in
Union Budget allots just Rs 100 crore for the project. Hyderabad: Going by this year’s Budgetary allocation to the Polavaram project, considered the lifeline of AP, it would take around 300, not three
Affordable housing The Indian government cited that it would reduce carbon emissions relative to its GDP by 33% to 35% from 2005 levels by 2030. Some of the key expectations from Budget 2016 is that
India may be in the pink of health once again with the Union health ministry expecting a 20-25 per cent hike in the upcoming health budget this time. Already one of the world’s lowest, the Narendra Modi
