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 …
NEW DELHI: Putting up a brave front after it failed to muster the numbers in the Rajya Sabha, the government on Friday said the Lokpal Bill will "definitely" be brought before the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session even as Congress leader Digvijay Singh defended the move saying extension of …
The government is likely to announce setting up of a national programme to deal with the danger posed by Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) on Tuesday. Officials in the Union health ministry disclosed that the GoM, which is slated to meet on Tuesday, is likely to announce …
Ranchi, Dec. 20: The state government today tabled the second supplementary budget to the tune of Rs 1189.24 crore, earmarking the highest sums for food and civil supplies and the planning and development departments, incswluding Rs 54 crore for the Mukhyamantri Ladli Lakshmi Yojana. Of the fresh outlay, Rs 604 …
The government on Monday proposed the setting up of a parliamentary panel to go into the issue of farmer suicides in the wake of contradictory figures emerging from the States and the Union Home Ministry's National Crime Records Bureau. The suggestion came after the government was cornered in the Rajya …
Wants To Stop States From Hijacking Credit New Delhi: The Union rural development ministry has decided to ape Planning Commission’s discussion with states for annual finances to send a stronger message about Centre’s authorship on welfare schemes, a move aimed at addressing the longstanding gripe of Congress that states were …
JAMMU: Arguing the case of a healthy annual plan for next financial year and extension of Prime Minister’s Re-construction Plan for another year to facilitate completion of development works, the State Government today sought a special power grant for Jammu and Kashmir from the Planning Commission of India. In its …
BHUBANESWAR: The Opposition Congress on Monday made a strong plea for a CBI probe into the mining scam which runs beyond the borders. “In view of the massive magnitude of illegality going beyond the State borders, involving many states and central government departments, and political patronage at the highest level, …
BHUBANESWAR: Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei placed the supplementary budget of Rs 4,724.62 crore in the Assembly on Monday. Ghadei said adequate provision has been made in the budget towards Odisha’s share of Centrally-sponsored plan for getting more Central assistance. Besides, provisions have been made for better implementation of welfare …
To stay on the right side of the Trinamool Congress, the Centre has opened its coffers for West Bengal. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday cleared a Rs 8,750 crore package for the state. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had sought Rs 19,000 crore. The package comprises a …
120,000 new HIV infections were reported in 2009. The 12th five-year plan will strive for a 60 per cent reduction in new Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections by 2017. The plan document will also incorporate recommendations of a Planning Commission working group constituted to suggest measures to strengthen AIDS control …
Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena said that, the government has allocated around Rs 1,120 million for the protection of wild elephants in budget 2012. The ministry has drawn up a plan to launch a sustained programme to protect elephants with immediate effect, he said. The budget has …
Britain is on track to beat its 2020 emissions-cutting target and could see energy use per person halved by 2050 if it optimizes its energy mix and use of technology, according to a "Carbon Plan" which the government announced on Thursday. Chris Huhne, the UK's minister for energy and climate …
The aftershocks of the “policy paralysis” in the UPA II government were clearly visible on Wednesday as economic growth slipped to a disappointing 6.9 per cent in the second quarter of this fiscal, the lowest in the last nine quarters. This prompted the government to lower its full-year growth projection …
Permanent restoration works to be covered under SPA/STF JAMMU: Planning Commission of India today cleared flood protection projects and two major schemes of Leh Master Plan, funding for which would start from the beginning of the next financial year. However, the permanent restoration works would be covered under the Special …
India might have to bear the burden of funding expensive treatments like second-line drugs for HIV patients and DOTS, plus for those suffering from multi-drug resistant TB. Global Fund, one of the biggest financers of India’s drive against the three killer diseases — AIDS, TB and malaria — has run …
The renewable energy ministry has sought a 10-fold increase in fund outlay for the next five years. The ministry estimates requirement of . 40,000 crore to ramp up its capacity to 30,000 mw by 2017. An outlay of . 4,000 crore was earmarked for development of renewable energy in the …
India’s allocation for health is all set to double. The Planning Commission has decided to increase its spending on health to 2.5% of the GDP in the 12th Five Year Plan that starts next year. This is in accordance with the recommendation made by the High Level Expert Group on …
Conservative MEPs have dealt a fresh blow to David Cameron’s green credentials by moving to water down efforts by the European Parliament to strengthen EU action against climate change. The Tory MEPs abstained from voting on a resolution calling for the EU to raise its ambitions for cutting greenhouse gas …
Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa announced that the State government had agreed to provide land for the construction of three new lines, for which the survey has been completed. Speaking to mediapersons after flagging of the augmented services of Bangalore-Hubli Janshatabdi Express at the Yeshwantpur railway …
The UPA government has decided to allow cash payment of wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in a desperate bid to increase demand for jobs that had gone down due to delayed payment of remuneration. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Monday …
