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 …
Opposition to amendments in the Land Acquisition Act that were brought through an ordinance by the Modi government recently is growing. Political parties, farmers’ organisations affiliated to political parties as well as civil society movements across the country have expressed their reservation to it. On Wednesday, the Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya …
99 rivers across the country to be developed; Approval soon Sutlej and Beas have been included in the ambitious project in which 99 rivers across the country would be developed as water highways. The Parliament is expected to grant its approval to the project in its Budget session. Announcing this …
The Assam Government is drafting a new Land Acquisition Bill and it will not implement the Central Act of 2013 that was recently amended by the Union Government through an ordinance, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a party event, Gogoi said, “We …
The yearly battle over the US budget officially begins on February 2, when the president plans to send his fiscal 2016 funding proposal to Congress, where it will be torn to shreds or ignored entirely. While the annual drama involves trillions of dollars, it's usually of limited interest to far-flung …
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that the role of IT sector, be it hardware or software, is crucial in order to promote e-governance for empowering citizens. He said that the role of this sector is also important in promoting the inclusive and sustainable growth of the electronics, …
To Prevent Warming, 80% Of Coal, 50% Of Gas & 30% Of Oil Reserves Mustn’t Be Used Till ’50 British scientists have warned that most of the world's fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground if dangerous levels of global warming are to be avoided. Over 80% of …
A number of steps have been taken in the past six months to speed up green clearances but the government is also examining 55 additional suggestions to achieve its twin goals of economic growth and environment protection. Many of the suggestions, extended by a high-level panel of the environment ministry, …
India faces a shortage of urban planners and with the NDA government envisaging building of 100 Smart Cities, the urban development ministry is mulling establishing institutions to train and build capacity of individuals in the field of town planning and urban mobility that in turn would help develop these hi-tech …
MADURAI: At a time when the Tamil Nadu government is looking forward for inclusion of Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar rivers linking project at a cost of Rs 5,166 crore in the 2015-16 Union Budget, a group of experts has urged the state government to consider going for 'Smart National Waterways Project'. "Inter-linking of …
It took a nationwide cleanliness campaign backed by the Centre to get Delhi’s civic bodies to take their sanitation responsibilities seriously by allocating more resources for the purpose. The Union Government’s ongoing Swachh Bharat campaign has given a boost to sanitation spending in the municipalities’ 2015-2016 budgets, which are being …
Even as India is struggling hard to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) including maternal and infant mortality rate, the Finance Ministry's bid to cut more than `6,000 crore in the Health Ministry's budget of around `31,000 crore is likely to have an adverse impact on its efforts to …
Inter-Parliamentary Union’s meeting comes ahead of Second International Conference on Nutrition in Rome Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today urged lawmakers from around the world meeting in Rome to play their part in transforming into positive results the commitments to provide healthier diets for all people which …
Interim Health Minister, Mohamed Nazim has revealed that the biggest budget of 2015 will be allocated for the development of the health sector. He said that the estimated budget for the health sector is MVR 4.8 billion. The interim Health Minister Nazim made this remark speaking at the event held …
Last year, the people of China emitted more carbon per person than those in the EU, according this year's Global Carbon Budget. The report, updated annually, also found that global emissions jumped 2.5 percent last year and are set to hit a record high of 40 billion tonnes this year. …
Poor countries have had to divert large chunks of their budget to adapt to climate change and run the risk of crowding out spending on health and education, a new report suggests. Over four years from 2008-11, Ethiopia committed 14% of its national budget to climate change, or nearly half …
India’s leveraging strength in climate finance will be “weakened” globally after the central government’s failure to properly plan state-wise sharing of revenue generated from the coal cess–driven National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF), an expert said. According to Joyashree Roy, a member of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel …
Andhra Pradesh’s new model for sale of sand for construction is expected to fetch over Rs. 4,000 crore this year according to the economic advisor to the State, C Kutumbarao. “This could be one among the new revenue sources besides sale of Red Sander logs in the international market which …
Writes To Centre For Only 7.5K MW Jaipur: After becoming the chief minister for the second time, Vasundhara Raje ostensibly announced to produce 25,000 megawatt solar power in next five years. She set the target in February in the interim budget and stuck to it in the modified budget stating …
An analysis of State action plans to combat climate change reveals a lack of innovative approaches and a high variation in budgets, apart from the fact that many did not move ahead from the business-as-usual scenario. However, the exercise by 28 Indian States is one of the largest sub-national action …
Maneka Sets 2-Yr Deadline For Implementation Hundred districts with the worst child sex ratio across the country will be the cradle for the ambitious `Beti bachao, beti padhao' scheme that envisages a mix of cash transfers with stringent action against erring medical practitioners and monitoring of health clinics. “We are …
