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 …
PUNE: The general body (GB) of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Tuesday approved development works at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore, which will be carried out in the next two to three months. The budgetary provision has already been made in this year's civic budget. The civic body …
Despite the steps towards gender responsive budgeting, the budgetary allocations for promoting gender equality and women's empowerment show a decline. The gender budget statement in proportion to the total expenditure of the union budget as well as the projected Gross Budgetary Support for Women and Child Development in the Twelfth …
Estimates from National Disaster Management Centre, NDMC, put the damage from the extreme weather the country has been facing as much as MVR hundreds of millions. National Disaster Management Centre informed Miadhu Daily that more than hundred houses have been damaged and many farms have been devastated. The severe weather …
A slum cluster in west Delhi has a problem that can shame the government for its lofty claims of making Delhi an ideal city. About 750 people in this Punjabi Bagh neighbourhood don’t have a single toilet. As a result, they have been forced to defecate in the open. And …
The Energy Ministry is expected to get Tk 23 billion in the coming fiscal (2013-14), up by Tk 6.43 billion than the current fiscal (2012-13) year's Tk 16 billion, reports UNB. "We've been asked by the Finance Ministry to keep our new budget within the framework Tk 29 billion with …
Govt expected to save 15% on this account In a measure that would give relief to the government’s subsidy bill, the Union Cabinet today gave a nod to the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for phosphatic and potassic (P&K;) fertilisers for 2013-14. These are expected to cut the fertiliser subsidy by …
The parliamentary panel says govt has failed to understand the urgency of timely infusion of capital in the system A Parliamentary panel has pulled up the government for allocating meagre budget of Rs 25,553 crore for agricultural research during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) saying the government has "failed …
Ministries of coal & power have sided with PSU power utilities The much-touted plan to optimally distribute the higher cost of imported coal among power producers via a price-pooling mechanism with cheaper domestic coal may go haywire. While a host of large upcoming private power projects would have increased their …
New Delhi:The finance ministry has relaxed norms for appraising and approving highway projects up to Rs 500 crore by the road transport and highways ministry, a move that will boost awarding of public-funded projects. The decision comes at a time when the road ministry is aiming to award more projects …
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today released its annual budget of Rs 3951.78 crore for the financial year 2013-14, announcing an increase in the net revenue surplus from Rs 40.56 crore in 2007-08 to Rs 233.57 crore during 2013-14. "The DJB's dependence on the government for operational costs has been …
New Delhi: With the assembly elections scheduled for later this year, Delhi Jal Board has earmarked 39% of its Rs 1,665 crore budget for 2013-14 for urban water supply. The focus of their work this year, as has been for the past few years, is improving sewage and sanitation for …
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 forge consensus. It hopes to ensure the Bill's smooth passage in the second half of the Budget …
Montek lauds proposal to set up separate capital development fund Kerala’s annual Plan for 2013-14 has been fixed at Rs.17,000 crore, which is 21 per cent higher than that for the year 2012-13. This was decided at a meeting held by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his team with …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government is planning to restart land acquisition work the mega Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district soon, official sources said on Monday. With the Budget session of the state assembly having ended last week, the Naveen Patnaik dispensation is making all arrangements to go all-out to give …
At least 420 people were killed by natural disasters in the country within the last one year period, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA). Among the natural disasters, lightning topped the list, claiming 129 lives between April 13, 2012 and April 5, 2013. The others are landslides, floods …
New Delhi: Greenpeace India on Monday staged a protest outside the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, asking CM Sheila Dikshit to move from coal-based power to renewable energy sources. The team from Greenpeace held up a caricature of the CM in which she was shown assuring uninterrupted power supply to Delhi this …
The assistance has been announced as a central tax reimbursement for Metrolink Express between Gandhinagar and Express In a big boost to the Metrolink Express between Gandhinagar and Express (MEGA), the Central Government has finally proposed a provision of Rs 6,450.75 crore assistance for all metro rail projects for the …
Even as Thrikkakara attracts more people on account of its rising profile as the Information Technology hub, the municipal authorities are grappling with rising solid waste generation it entails. However, the municipal authorities are talking in different voices when it comes to waste management, which was visible during the recent …
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 national goal of total sanitation by 2017. Representatives of drinking water and sanitation users from different parts of the country raised such …
The budget of Alappuzha Municipality for 2013-14, presented by vice-chairman B. Ansari on Tuesday failed to address the region’s pressing drinking water problem. However, it provided some succour to fishermen who are facing various challenges. Mr. Ansari said the budget would provide Rs.10 lakh to fishermen, inland and sea, to …
