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 …
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee dished out sour news for the country, cautioning that inflation could rise to double digits in March. Separately, for Punjab, he made it sweet saying the state will get the promised Rs 800 crore which it spent on saving the standing paddy crop last year …
Defective budgeting, improper planning, slow implementation of schemes, faulty execution of works - the report of the Controller and Auditor-General of India on Haryana, presented to the Haryana Legislative Assembly, found this and much more. It also brought to light, inter alia, deficiencies in systems and procedures, excess payments, wasteful …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today presented in the State Assembly a deficit Budget of Rs 3464.46 crore for the 2010-11 financial year of the State. He expressed the hope that the State would be able to attain a growth rate of around nine per cent during the financial year. In …
The 46 per cent allocation for infrastructure in the Budget is noteworthy. More important is the doubling of outlay in three years Vinayak Chatterjee / New Delhi March 15, 2010, 0:25 IST On February 26, even before the dust had settled in Parliament, media headlines screamed:
Rana Kapoor The performance of the agricultural sector has significant impact on the sustainable growth of the economy. Despite the declining share of agriculture in GDP, it remains critical as it provides employment to over 60 per cent of the population in the country. The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, …
The economist and political commentator who was appointed to a four-member team of the UN to recommend reforms to the global financial system critiques Budget 2010 Pragya Singh Interviews Prabhat Patnaik Economist and political commentator Prabhat Patnaik, currently vice-chair of the Kerala Planning Board, is a strong critic of the …
Gehlot raises VAT rate by one per cent; power cess by 10 paise THE PROPOSALS:Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presenting the State Budget in the Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday. JAIPUR: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who holds the Finance portfolio, presented a marginally surplus Budget for Rajasthan for 2010-11 in the State …
Amiya Kumar Bagchi The Central budget of 2010-11 is a further step in the realisation of a vision of India vibrant with the income, wealth, saving, education and the entrepreneurial energy of the top 5-10 per cent of the population and the rest of Indians, serving that minority and surviving …
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today presented a surplus Budget of Rs 48 crore, focusing on poor, farmers, potable water, power and health sectors. However, he has given a jolt to urban population by increasing power tariff and tax on four-wheelers. Presenting his second Budget, Gehlot said an allocation …
Speed Breaker: Rise In Prices, Cost Of Financing May Slow Growth Our Bureau NEW DELHI CAR sales in the country hit a new high in February with thousands speeding up their purchase on fears of a stimulus withdrawal leading to higher taxes in the Union budget. But carmakers and analysts …
Focus on bringing down power consumption in the State. All industrial and commercial establishments will have to submit themselves to mandatory energy audit. Fines will be imposed on high tension and extra-high tension consumers who do not attain the standards prescribed by the energy audit. Our Bureau Thiruvananthapuram, March 8 …
Though the Union Government is yet to give its final nod for the Metro Rail Project, allocations in the state budget for the project will give impetus to the preparatory work. In the budget Rs 50 crore has been set apart for the work. Besides Rs 5 crore has been …
Rice at Rs 2 a kg for unorganised sector; health insurance scheme expanded. The Kerala budget envisages setting up of a Green Fund worth Rs 1,000 crore over the next five years. The Finance Minister, Dr Thomas Isaac, announced that Rs 100 crore had been set apart in the current …
Pune DEVELOPMENT WORK: Standing panel revises allocation, civic spend in 11 months only 30% of amount earmarked this fiscal The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee on Thursday increased the budget estimates for 2010-
New Delhi: There will be no rollback of the recent increase in fuel prices. With Congress holding firm on the decision announced in the budget, and with allies coming around, the new rates of petrol and diesel will remain in force. Congress
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi March 4, 2010, 0:38 IST The government has cut the budgets of some major central government funded public hospitals, indicating there could be more private sector expansion in health care. Over 80 per cent of health care in India is in the private sector. With …
