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 …
Kitui County Government sets aside funds to aid Climate Change Adaptation Kitui County has enacted a law that sets aside one per cent of its Sh11.7 billion annual budget towards climate change adaptation. “By the decision, the county wants to put climate change at the centre of its development planning …
Chandigarh: Dr Ram Kumar, convener, Society for Promotion of Ethical & Affordable Healthcare on Saturday said the budgetary allocation to health sector is not only less, but it is also not steered towards preventive health measures and primary healthcare. Kumar was delivering a special lecture on ‘minimum medicines, maximum health’ …
PATNA: The two-day East India Climate Change Conclave organized by the state environment and forest department concluded here on Saturday with three brainstorming technical sessions on climate resilient agriculture, water and finance. Over 100 environmental experts, leaders and practitioners from across the country deliberated on the ways to build adaptive …
Small-scale farmers in Kenya continue to lose billions of shillings in earnings, and stay trapped in poverty cycles as the Government cuts budgetary support for the agricultural sector. A new study indicates that the Government’s financial support for the agricultural sector is shrinking, and inadequate to achieve the country’s goals …
Activists in Rwanda have raised concerns over the national budget allocated to food security and nutrition that has been declining over the five past years, saying that there is need for more public and private investment in food security for long terms turns. The observation was made after food security …
Plans to lay new water lines in Mundka constituency A budget of Rs. 5,137 crore for 2018-19 was approved by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also the DJB chairperson, on Monday. The budget passed by the board includes Rs. …
BHOPAL: As the city begins to experience sweltering heat in month of March, many areas areas are staring at water crisis. The conventional wisdom dictates drinking water should get top priority as water level in two major sources - Kolar Dam and the Upper Lake- is dipping fast on account …
NEW DELHI: Delhi government will procure 1,000 electric buses, apart from inducting 2,000 CNG ones. Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia announced this on Thursday in his budget speech. According to the government’s own estimate, Delhi needs at least 11,000 buses. But it has only 5,784. DTC’s share in this is …
A one-time subsidy of Rs 30,000 to e-rickshaw owners was also announced. NEW DELHI: The AAP government on Thursday presented a “green Budget” which is aimed at controlling pollution and monitoring its impact on the environment. The city government announced 26 separate programmes under four different departments of environment, transport, …
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has expressed its unhappiness over "unsatisfactory" utilisation of funds for pollution abatement by the environment ministry and asked it to "introspect" its performance and ensure optimal utilisation of funds and meeting of targets in future. The panel noted that the "very grim" scenario of environmental …
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Sunday said while Gujarat had done very well in industrialisation, it would need to do some catching-up in the health and education sectors. Mr. Kumar met Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and senior State officials here. “Gujarat’s achievements in education and health are not like …
NEW DELHI: The environment ministry’s strong pitch for funds to fight air pollution and save rivers has found an unusual backing from the parliamentary standing committee examining budget allocations for 2018-19. The parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests has recommended an increase of about 50% in …
Calcutta: Mosquito-control measures will get a boost if councillors join health workers in making door-to-door visits, mayoral council member Atin Ghosh said during a discussion on the Calcutta Municipal Corporation budget in the civic house on Tuesday. Ghosh urged all councillors to visit the houses in their respective wards and …
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon the Indian Institutes of Technology to focus on solar energy sectors for innovations in the direction of no-cost solar-powered kitchens by keeping in mind that India is the biggest market of 25 crore families. “India and France are working together to utilize solar …
Arun Jaitley in his 2018-19 Budget Speech had announced that Centre would guarantee a MSP which would be 50 per cent more than the cost of production S Sivakumar - We are evaluating a number of vegetable and vegetable-based products as well as fruits. We are looking at both processed …
The Assam government today told the National Green Tribunal that it has sanctioned a budget of Rs 11 crore for installation of sensor-operated automated traffic barriers to control the death of animals in road accidents near the Kaziranga National Park. The state government informed a bench headed by Justice Jawad …
The Vidhan Sabha Committee to review suicide by farmers and landless labourers will present its report in the Assembly during the Budget session scheduled later this month. Committee chairman Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and member Nathu Ram, Balluana MLA, recently toured Gujarat to gather facts on how to increase the income …
The last budget of the Modi government comes against the backdrop of severe agrarian and rural distress. It is also the last opportunity to undo the damage caused to the rural economy by this government in the last four years. While the government has finally acknowledged the gravity of the …
NEW DELHI: With alarmingly high pollution levels in the capital raising serious health concerns, the Aam Aadmi Party government has decided to come up with a multi-department action plan in the 2018-19 Delhi Budget, to be presented in March. Discussions around what is being projected as Delhi's first "green budget" …
With the Union Budget-2018 according priority to agriculture and rural development, education, health and infrastructure, there was much benefit derived by the environment sector, including the emphasis on air pollution, provision of electricity to all and cleaning of River Ganga. With air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region a cause of …
