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 …
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today presented a deficit budget of Rs 419 crore for 2011-12 and proposed tax reforms to bridge the problematic non-plan gap associated with the State
Chennai: Fifty paise is the lowest legal tender in the country. Add to that five paise, and you get the daily allocation for food for an underprivileged child in an anganwadi. Tamil Nadu ranks first in implementing the integrated child development scheme (ICDS), but 55 paise is all thats given …
Plans to set up 150 farmer-producer organisations in 11 states. The government is planning to provide market linkages for farmers growing pulses as part of a programme announced in the Budget to improve their production, as scarcity of this essential item was one of the major contributors to food inflation …
Our policymakers face a dilemma: should we have adequate food and nutrition for all or should we have world-class airport terminals? In an ideal world, one could possibly have them both. But if there are limited resources and there is a question of setting priorities, then surely it should be …
Madhya Pradesh stands second after Gujarat for better management of State budget and maintaining up-to-date information after Gujarat state. The fact came to light in a study report conducted by an Independent institute 'Sanket'. The Institute carried out the study with the joint cooperation of Centre for Budget in Government …
As I write this piece, the finance minister has dispatched the Union Budget 2011. The press is busy reflecting the views of business and industry lobbies, as they quibble over duty exemptions, insist on financial stimulus and other incentives, and cry for big-ticket reform—foreign direct investment in retail and insurance. …
With food inflation hovering in the double digit bracket for most part of 2010-11 and the aam aadmi up in arms, all hopes were pinned on the Union Budget 2011-12 for giving a new fillip to the farm sector. But the budget has disappointed most, in spite of finance minister …
A seasoned politician, equally at ease with economic and political matters of state, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has sent out feelgood signals while charting an opaque course of action in a zero-sum budget. The politics is easily explained: four states are set to go to polls within three months. …
The Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Cabinet has cleared the Governor's speech, which will be delivered by Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva on the inaugural day of the Budget session on March 14 in a meeting on Wednesday. Sources said that the Nishank Government would present a Rs 15,000 crore Budget for the …
Continuing his emphasis on the power sector, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presented the Budget on Wednesday while also stressing on social sectors by announcing that pulses, rice and wheat will now be tax-free. Gehlot, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented a surplus Budget for 2011-12, focusing on rural …
Registering a steady pace of growth, and emerging as an ideal destination for investments in the power and tourism sectors, the economy of Himachal Pradesh economy is all set to grow by 9 per cent during the current year, ,which is higher than the national estimate of 8.6 per cent. …
The Right to Food Campaign on Monday announced its decision to launch a country-wide protest against the National Advisory Council's framework for the proposed National Food Security Bill, which, they said, fell short of people's expectation of a comprehensive food security bill that addressed nutrition and livelihood issues.
The government will bring out a report on the state of agriculture every year before the Budget, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday. Addressing a delegation of farmer leaders, the Prime Minister said he would convene a joint meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar …
13th Finance Commission has projected a growth rate of 14.14 per cent. RANCHI: The Jharkhand Government on Monday presented in the State Assembly a Rs.33,121.70-crore budget for 2011-12 focusing on development of roads, energy and rural segments. Presenting the budget, Deputy Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the State's total internal …
BHUBANESWAR: CPM activists on Sunday staged a rail roko at Bhubaneswar Railway Station here protesting what they called an anti-Orissa Railway Budget and an anti-people General Budget by the UPA Government. As the agitators sat on tracks disrupting the movement of a goods train, Government Railway Police arrested the agitators …
