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 …
Increased passenger amenities, more safety measures, timely completion of projects and increased financial discipline are the main highlights of the Railway Budget 2014-15 presented by the Minister of Railways Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda in Parliament.
Arun Jaitley will be presenting his maiden Budget on July 10. Technically, it will be a budget for eight months only but such occasions have been used earlier in dramatic fashion. A similar Budget presented by none other than Manmohan Singh himself in July 1991 effected a revolutionary shift in …
Solar energy will be given a major priority in the budget for the next fiscal year, with the National Planning Commission (NPC) proposing a number of initiatives in the sector. According to NPC officials, the budget is expected to announce interest subsidy on bank loans taken to install solar plants …
Wildfires blamed in part on climate change are consuming timber in the U.S. West at such a furious pace that half the Forest Service’s budget is now spent fighting them -- up from 21 percent in 2000. Add in the firefighting of other agencies, as well as state governments, and …
Soil health cards to expand and Urea subsidy cut likely The Narendra Modi government’s first Budget is all set to lay a roadmap to cut down excessive expenditure on urea subsidy and imports of edible oil and pulses, which together account for over Rs 1,60,000 crores each year. Also, the …
Balochistan government has allocated rupees over three billion for energy sector in its annual budget for financial year 2014-15. According to Radio Pakistan quoting an official source the Balochistan government will launch Solar Energy Project at a cost of rupees one billion under which 300 villages would be electrified through …
LUCKNOW: With losses in Lok Sabha elections not far behind, the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP government has done a reassessment of its governance strategies in the state. Keen on bringing the focus back on the party's development initiatives, the state budget for the 2014-15 fiscal is all set to show a …
Of the 341 blocks in the State, 81 blocks have water with more arsenic than the permissible limit and 49 blocks with more fluoride than the standard value. North 24 Parganas district, where about 20 blocks are affected with arsenic contamination, is the worst affected and is followed by Nadia, …
State’s poverty reduction rate ‘impressive’: OES Odisha stands second among the 14 States in the country with highest incidence of poverty after Bihar. While Bihar topped the list with registering highest 33.34 per cent of poor people, Odisha followed with 32.59 per cent by 2011-12. The incidence of poverty had …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs 1.150 billion for 47 projects of environment sector in budget 2014-15. Initiating an ambitious programme of billion tree tsunami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to set-up nurseries on 80 acres of land, tree plantation on 15,700 acres of land, seed sowing on 2400 …
Separate agri Budget likely with 20% greater allocation After presenting a Vote-on-Account for the April-July period, Odisha is set to present its full-fledged Budget for 2014-15 on June 17 with the total outgo pegged at around Rs 80,000 crore. This time too, the state is likely to present a separate …
The allocation in the national budget for the water, sanitation and hygiene sector steadily declined in last five years, economists and experts said Wednesday. The coastal areas received disproportionately low allocation which was only one-fifth of the allocation for urban areas, they told a news conference in the city jointly …
The status of waste management in the state is extremely poor and municipal corporations are not being serious about this issue. To ensure that civic bodies in the state adhere to the 2015 deadline set by the Bombay High Court to set up functional solid waste treatment and processing facilities, …
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh has urged the Union Finance ministry to give special stress on connectivity as well as development of hydro-power for rapid progress of the state. Chief Minister Nabam Tuki made the requests in the Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting convened by the Union Finance ministry recently in New Delhi, a …
Poor infrastructure in the way of legal entitlement of foodgrain for poor In line with the Centre's promise to work in close coordination with state governments, the Union government is considering extending the deadline given to states for identification of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act beyond July 5. …
Developers have demanded lower borrowing cost for the housing sector as well as reduced taxes to promote affordable housing The Budget is expected to have incentives to the real estate sector as well as a vision for affordable housing. Monday’s Presidential address to the joint session of Parliament focused on …
The announcement of the winning flood defence projects for metropolitan New York and New Jersey marks a new and powerful role for design competitions in the US. A series of landmark infrastructure projects to protect New York City and New Jersey from flooding have been given the go-ahead after the …
DHAKA: Bangladesh imposed a radical new "green tax" on Thursday to force polluting factories to pay extra levies as it looks to clean up the country's increasingly dirty rivers and air. The environmental tax was announced as part of a $32 billion budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which also …
As of the current fiscal year, the climate trust fund, formed by the government’s own resources in 2009, has received Tk 2555 crore in the last five fiscal years Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) has been allocated Tk200 core in the budget proposed for fiscal year 2014-15 to reduce …
