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 …
Bhopal: As much as 99.5 percent amount has been spent in first quarter of year 2011-12 on Ladli Laxmi Yojna being implemented successfully in Madhya Pradesh. An amount of Rs. 2 crore 15 lakh 8 thousand was allotted for this period. Out of this, a total amount of Rs. 2 …
Siliguri, Aug. 25: The Siliguri Municipal Corporation will propose to the state government to develop the town as an eco-tourism destination, the decision coming a day after travel operators urged the mayor to help Siliguri become more than a mere transit point for hill and Dooars visitors. As a first …
Absence of budget announcement regretted Councillors participating in the ordinary monthly meeting of the Vellore Corporation Council here on Wednesday urged the State government to implement the Integrated Drinking Water Scheme for Vellore district, for which the foundation was laid by former Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin early this year. …
Expressing displeasure over the recent tightening of norms for grant of environment clearance to industrial projects, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has urged the environment and forest ministry to issue correctives. In a letter to minister Jayanthi Natarajan, he asked her to “personally intervene” to “allay the misapprehension of …
With Assembly elections round the corner, the Mayawati Government tabled the supplementary budget of Rs 10,879 crore for the fiscal 2011-12 in the State Assembly on Tuesday earmarking over 26 per cent of this budget for Chief Minister’s pet projects, especially, for Dalits and downtrodden sections of the society. Besides, …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) has cleared a 10 per cent increase in the maximum retail price of urea along with bringing the fertiliser under the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) regime. The approval, which will have to be endorsed by the Union Cabinet, would result in the MRP of urea …
The Tamil Nadu government has proposed a budget of Rs 4,761 crore for the health sector. Two major schemes, the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) and Tamil Nadu Health System Project are under implementation to achieve the goal of universal health care in the State. During 2011-12, the Government proposes …
Infrastructure will get a boost In a move to boost infrastructure in the city, the State government on Thursday announced a Rs.500-crore ‘mega city' development mission for Chennai and its suburbs. Announcing this in the Assembly, Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam said in his revised budget for 2011-12 that Rs.500 crore …
KOLKATA, 3 AUG: The state health department has drafted a Vision Statement 2011 which identifies loopholes in the state's healthcare sector. The Vision Statement will be presented before the chief minister at a meeting on 11 August. Senior health department officials included in the statement a road map for the …
Parisar has analyzed the budget of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for the year 2011-12 for the following: the budgetary trends over the last few years, the sectoral priorities of PMC,general accounting practices of PMC and the ease of understanding the budget by common citizens by a method developed by Centre …
Parisar analyzed the budgetary allocation on transportation sector in Pune’s 2011-12 budget. It emerges that more than 60% of the transport sector budget is allocated to projects which are motor vehicle friendly like building of new roads, flyovers, parking structures and re-tarring of roads. On the other hand, non-motorized friendly …
The increasing importance of climate spending in European Union budget proposals could give the EU Commission more influence over talks for a deeper emissions cut target, which could help lift EU carbon permit prices, Barclays Capital analysts said in a research note on Monday. "If, when and how this will …
With the government giving high priority to the hydropower sector amid continuing energy crisis, the government is doubling the budget to the energy sector. The government is allocating Rs 25 billion to the Ministry of Energy through the new budget which is almost double of the allocation made for the …
Rajasthan has announced concessions and tax relief to customers on diesel, domestic cooking gas and kerosene to comply with the recent Congress directive to the party-run governments in the States in the wake of the hike in the prices of petroleum products. The concessions, announced after a late night meeting …
Ministers handling various departments in Assam submitted individual strategy papers, outlining various innovative and pragmatic schemes, to chief minister Tarun Gogoi this morning. The strategy papers were prepared in accordance with Gogoi
Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) on Wednesday announced a Tk 275.95 crore budget for 2011-12 fiscal year leaving a total of 16.17 crore taka as the unpaid holding tax. City Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran announced the budget at a press conference held at the conference hall of the corporation. The …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has chalked out a plan to build 116 new roads in the city but decided to outsource the job to a private firm, given the flak it has received for poorly-maintained roads across the city in the past. A budget of Rs. 832 crore has …
