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 …
Olive Ridley protection may finally get a place in the State Budget. The High Power Committee, headed by Chief Secretary Ajit Tripathy, on Saturday decided on creation of a budget head for streamlining conservation. Piecemeal assistance will be a thing of the past. Currently, protection measures of the endangered amphibians …
Aid for four medium, mega hydel projects will boost power generation plans Making a major breakthrough in the power sector, the Prem Kumar Dhumal Government today entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to avail $ 800 million (approximately Rs 3,800 crore) funding for …
Ministers of health, donor agencies, philanthropists, and international agencies will meet at Bamako, Mali, in November, 2008, to review global priorities for health research. These individuals and organisations previously set health priorities for WHO, either through its regular budget or extra-budgetary funds. We asked what insights can be gained as …
Estimates for development works to be carried out colonies of the city were passed in the House Meeting of the Municipal Corporation (MC) held today. The agenda for this month was dominated by issues of the rehabilitation colonies. A number of new projects would be taken up. These include construction …
By G Manjusainath, DH News Service, Bangalore: The Karnataka Lake Development Authority (LDA) has been projected as a villain for the poor state of the lakes across Karnataka... But its so-called failure was apparently forced upon it. Reason: The State budget had only Rs 3.15 crore for the Authority, mandated …
Anthropogenic CO2 emissions have been growing about four times faster since 2000 than during the previous decade, and despite efforts to curb emissions in a number of countries which are signatories of the Kyoto Protocol. Emissions from the combustion of fossil fuel and land use change reached the mark of …
Gautam Chakraborty, head of the previous board Malda, July 17: Development work by the zilla parishad here has come to a halt over the past five months and is likely to be delayed for another two, as the previous Congress-led board could not pass the budget earlier this year. "No …
Bangalore, PTI: Free power to irrigation pumpsets up to 10 HP from August 1, loans at three per cent interest to farmers, weavers and fishermen, enhanced retirement for government servants and a substantial allocation for development of infrastructure were the highlights of the revised State budget presented by Chief Minister …
Promising massive infrastructure building, Tripura Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury presented a budget of Rs 5,248.76 crore with a deficit of Rs 76.74 crore for the 2008-2009 financial year in the Assembly here today. The budget has proposed substantial increase in capital expenditure as the outlay for infrastructure building has been …
Consumers have not taken too kindly to the government's decision to raise the price of LPG cylinders by Rs 50 in a single stroke. With inflation touching an all-time high, it has anyway been a tough balancing act for homemakers to juggle their household expenses and the gas price rise …
The Ministry of Environment and Forest made the budgetary provisions for North-east States to the tune of Rs. 4647 crore during the last three years. The year wise allocations were Rs. 1388.19 crore, Rs. 1520.14 crore and Rs. 1539.00 crore for the tears 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 respectively. The different …
It was perhaps a first for Palaniappan Chidambaram. He had a most unusual effect on Lok Sabha MPs last week. Minutes after he delivered his Budget speech, MPs across party lines were on the phone, cancelling weekend parties and making arrangements to head home. It was almost as if he …
Shorn of any big idea, Budget 2007 is an essay that tries to manage the exigencies of politics and the public outcry on inflation even as it attempts to balance the need for growth. It satisfies neither political wants nor economic needs. "I must caution that outlays do not necessarily …
