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 …
Maneka Sets 2-Yr Deadline For Implementation Hundred districts with the worst child sex ratio across the country will be the cradle for the ambitious `Beti bachao, beti padhao' scheme that envisages a mix of cash transfers with stringent action against erring medical practitioners and monitoring of health clinics. “We are …
Opposition parties dub it as ‘Budget without any direction’ Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday presented the Rs2,357.91 crore deficit Budget for the 2014-15 financial year. “The Budget estimates of 2014-15 show a receipt of Rs57,311.39 crore under the consolidated fund of the State. Out of this, Rs52,696.81 crore …
The UK is slashing its climate change diplomacy budget even as global efforts intensify to reach a deal. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) cut spending on its core climate change activities by 39% over the past three years, figures show. This reduces the UK’s capacity to influence other countries’ …
A medical college at Rohini and a multi-speciality hospital in South Delhi proposed Aditi Tandon The Lok Sabha today passed the Budget for the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stressing the need to expand health and educational facilities around the national Capital which he termed …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed all concerned of the Agriculture Ministry to be more active to implement every development project on time by maintaining the quality. She said that the budget of Agriculture Ministry in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) is being enhanced in every fiscal year and Taka …
In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio case has been reported in the last 17 years with Health Department dishing out regular oral polio vaccine doses as part of the nationwide programs. PANJIM: In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio …
In the wake of boost from the Budget & RBI move on affordable housing, Tata Housing & Mahindra Lifespace, among others, plan new launches Helped by the government’s budget moves and the Reserve Bank’s (RBI’s) recent notification on affordable housing, the big names in the segment are gearing for new …
The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF), one of the flagship programmes of UPA-II, failed to reach its beneficiaries, as the amount from it is now diverted to environment projects, the major one being cleaning and developing inland waterways on the river Ganga. NCEF, which totals up to Rs 14,000 crore …
DEHRADUN: The Centre has sought a proposal from Uttarakhand government suggesting possible sites within the state for establishing the proposed Centre For Himalayan Studies. The proposal was sought by the Centre when Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar met Additional Secretary (Forest and Environment Ministry) Hem Pandey in New Delhi yesterday to …
The Delhi government is mulling a subsidy to car owners choosing to go electric. The move comes after the Centre offered a subsidy in this year's budget under the National Mission on Electric Mobility . These, however, are not aimed at erickshaws. “As part of the pilot project, the government …
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget had to disappoint It may have had something to do with Narendra Modi's historic victory. It may have been due to the overbearing urge to banish everything that has anything to do with UPA. Or it may have been because of the relatively bold Railway …
A vigorous campaign sensitising school students to trigger behavioural changes in people on the need to use toilets is soon going to be launched by the Centre to end the menace of open defecation in the country. The ministry of drinking water and sanitation took the decision days after finance …
Aware that convincing people, particularly in rural India, to build and use toilets in their homes, is a cumbersome task, the Centre has asked the State Governments to rope in various departments like education and health to raise awareness about the importance of sanitation in rural areas. The move aims …
Plans to set up centres in each district for victims of sexual assault and a multi-speciality hospital in South Delhi Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today earmarked Rs 2,724 crore for health sector in the Budget for Delhi during the current fiscal, including plans to set up centres in each …
The U.K. will fail to meet its carbon target without taking new emissions-reduction steps, the government’s climate change adviser said. Britain has a self-imposed goal to lower carbon-dioxide output in half from 1990 to 2025. That entails a 31 percent cut from today’s levels, and the nation is on course …
KATHMANDU, JUL 14 - Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat on Sunday presented the annual budget of Rs 618 billion focusing on economic reforms, energy, infrastructure and agriculture. But under pressure from lawmakers he also included allocations for some controversial and populist programmes, mainly the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). The budget …
The ambitious Rs 3,600-crore project was aimed at providing 275 million gallons of water to Delhi every day The long-pending Renuka Dam project, which has been facing environmental clearance hurdles, and has been entangled in legal and political spats for over 20 years, has been allocated Rs 50 crore by …
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Arun Jaitley's maiden budget tries to make electricity environment friendly in a country that has the world's second largest population with moderate per capita power consumption. Besides allocating funds and reducing tax burden on solar and wind power, the finance minister has also attempted to clean coal-fired 1.48 lakh MW …
Various trade unions and social organisations, including the RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), criticised the first Budget of the Narendra Modi Government. They said the Budget failed to give any new prescriptions for the burgeoning problems of the country. The BMS, though expressing overall satisfaction with the Budget’s direction, condemned …
