The Union Budget 2023-24 was presented against the backdrop of some critical geopolitical developments and was the last full budget before the next general elections. Signicantly, 2023 is also the year in which India became the most populated country in the planet and assumed G20 presidency. The Budget served as …
Pakistan’s first-ever Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) report was launched on Monday focusing on federal and provincial budgetary allocations for climate change. The report was prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under guidance of the Ministry of Climate Change and in collaboration with the Ministry of …
With Rs 38,000 crore set to be unlocked under a proposed law for increasing India's green cover over the next few years, the Centre is planning to launch a major plantation drive across the country on World Environment Day on June 5. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar has written to all …
A Rs 56.89 crore budget for the Environment Department of West Bengal government was passed in the state Assembly today. Placing the budget proposal, state Environment Minister Dr Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar said the budget allocation has been raised three-fold from Rs 18 crore in 2010-11 to Rs 56.89 crore in …
BMC has zeroed in on two types of cess models, transport and SWM. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is considering an incentive model for the proposed cess on solid waste management (SWM) services for housing societies in the city. While the department is still working on …
The Abbott government has provided another year’s funding for its major greenhouse gas reduction policy – the emissions reduction fund. The fund, which pays for reverse auctions to buy abatement directly from willing sellers, had been allocated $299.8m in 2015-16 , $354.5m in 2016-17 and $416.9m in 2017-18. The 2015 …
The land acquisition bill is being brought in Lok Sabha on Friday with the government seeking to give another push to the controversial measure despite not having the numbers in the Rajya Sabha. The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in March, could not be taken up in …
It finds funds allocated in previous years remain underutilised The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Forests has expressed displeasure over the fund cuts for the Ministry this financial year. The committee has found that the Plan allocation for centrally-sponsored schemes in the current year has gone down by almost …
2015 is a critical year for humanity. Our civilization has never faced such existential risks as those associated with global warming, biodiversity erosion and resource depletion. Our societies have never had such an opportunity to advance prosperity and eradicate poverty. We have the choice to either finally embark on the …
Combined Opposition attack to be sharper than it was in first half The Narendra Modi government will be up against a combined Opposition onslaught when the second half of the Budget session of Parliament resumes its sitting from tomorrow. The attack from the Opposition is expected to be much more …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be strongly pitching for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but the sanitation conditions in rural Maharashtra present a horrific reality. About 56 lakh households in rural Maharashtra have no toilets, admitted the water supply and sanitation minister Babanrao Lonikar. “We are trying to build toilets in …
For this purpose, government in its Budget has earmarked a sum of Rs 50 crore as initial contribution against payment to those whose claims have been settled. “The persons whose lands have been acquired for construction of the new airport at Mopa are pioneering contributors in the developmental process,” he …
In a bid to boost afforestation activities, the Centre is mulling to hand over 90 per cent of the Rs 36,000-crore Compensatory Afforestation Management Fund directly to all the states, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said. The fund was created from the penalties collected from corporates for not meeting the mandatory …
A phenomenal Rs 43,600 crore have already been spent on the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project, the state government informed the Gujarat Assembly on Monday. “Till July 2014, a total of Rs 43,633.75 crore have been spent on the Narmada project,” the government stated in a written reply to a question …
The first full-year budget of the National Democratic Alliance government announced a sharp focus on investment, growth and social security. In addition, Budget 2015-16 claims to have given a boost to cooperative federalism. The budget indeed makes numerous impressive-sounding announcements, but stumbles in the details. This article focuses on the …
Legislators from the parched Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru Rural districts have decided take a delegation to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, urging him to allocate adequate funds for Yettinahole project. Senior MLA K R Ramesh Kumar will lead the delegation, which is likely to meet the chief minister before the …
NEW DELHI: By mid to end of 2015, docking stations set up near Metro, bus stops and commercial hubs in Dwarka will let people avail bicycle rides. Commuters may pick up a bicycle at a station and drop it at another for a nominal fee. DDA, which announced its plan …
Agartala, March 15: Despite declining sanction of funds from the Centre, Tripura is all set to emerge as the best implementing state of MGNREGA scheme. Disclosing this to reporters, minister for rural development Naresh Jamatya said up to March 13 in the current financial year Tripura had succeeded in creating …
Indian Environmentalists have ex pressed alarm over the new budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's govern ment, which they say heralds substantial cuts in environermental programmes and fails to address the country's worswbility ening pollution and vulnera to climate change. The budget for the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate …
In a major shift in stance, the government will not bring the controversial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill in the first half of the Budget Session of Parliament ending on March 20. It may either allow the ordinance to lapse or repromulgate it after Parliament is prorogued. This was indicated by …
Environmentalists in India have expressed alarm over the new federal budget of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which they say heralds substantial cuts in environmental programmes and fails to address the country's worsening pollution and vulnerability to climate change. The budget for the Ministry of Environment, Forests and …
