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 …
NEW DELHI: Opposition unity was once again displayed in Parliament on Wednesday as parties gracing the non-ruling benches got together to stall proceedings in the two Houses in protest against the government
CHENNAI: The alternative agriculture budget presented by the PMK has envisaged a second green revolution, according priority to increase production of millets, oilseeds and cereals cultivated mostly in arid regions. Party founder Ramadoss, who released the budget on Wednesday, stressed the need for a second green revolution saying the first …
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who cautioned against instant populism, told his party MPs and leaders of allies on Wednesday that correcting the distortions in the pricing of petro goods was unavoidable. He also told his colleagues that the time to take bold decisions was
New Delhi: Though finance minister Pranab Mukherjee blamed poor delivery as a key factor for the rise in food prices, the Union Budget has actually slashed funds allocated to strengthening the public distribution system after last year
Ranchi, March 2: The state government is planning to introduce a pension scheme for farmers in the new budget in an attempt to boost agriculture as this sector was lagging behind. Budgetary provisions for imparting training to farmers and developing warehouse facilities across the state, too, are on the cards. …
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee New Delhi: For the first time ever each landless worker employed under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) will find positive movements in the share market indices something to croon over. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has introduced an expenditure category in Budget 2010-11 that makes the link …
Buyers Queued Up To Buy In February, Anticipating Rollback Of Excise Duty Cuts In The Budget FEBRUARY turned out to be a windfall month for Indian carmakers with market leader Maruti Suzuki clocking its best ever monthly sales in its 29-year-old history as buyers queued up to seal deals before …
This is an analysis of the Union budget 2010-11 by CSE. Says that the budget holds promise on clean and renewable energy but it is woefully lacking in any initiative on public transport or pollution management. See Also Weblink: Union budget 2010-11 http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2010-11/ubmain.htm Report: Economic Survey 2009-10 (http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2009-10/esmain.htm) Report: Adaptation …
EVEN as the budget appears to have some benefits for the Punjab farmers, especially in terms of direct delivery of subsidies on fertilisers, easy mobility of grain from one state to another and conservation of natural resources especially groundwater resources, the increase in excise duty on petrol and diesel will …
P. Sainath This is a budget crafted for, and perhaps by, the corporate farmer and agribusiness. The real heroes of India's success story were our farmers. Through their hard work, they ensured
Ajay Modi / New Delhi March 1, 2010, 0:12 IST OMCs also worried at seeming setback to any early move to cut underrecoveries on retailed fuel. The Budget clarification on extension of service tax to include all activities in the entire continental shelf and exclusive economic zone will increase the …
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Budget for 2010-11 was presented in the Vidhan Sabha here on Thursday with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan calling it a
The Economic s lauded the govSurvey has lauded the gov- ernment's effort in the areas like poverty alleviation and employment generation, which led to somewhat ensuring inclusive growth in the country. It said, with a budgetary outlay of over Rs 70,000 crore on various such schemes, nearly 4.5 crore households …
The Narendra Modi government will pro- mote religious tourism in a novel manner and special allocations have been made in the state budget for the same. The annual budget with provisions for imposing additional taxes to the tune of Rs 730 crores allocating substantial funds for devel- opment purpose and …
New Delhi: As the capital gets ready for the Commonwealth Games, the state government has tied its monetary hopes to the Union Budget 2010-11, which will be announced in Parliament on Friday. The state is eyeing the central kitty, including grants under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, hoping for …
THE newly-formed climate change department of the Gujarat government, the first such department in Asia and sixth in the world, has received its first budgetary allocation. The state government has provided Rs 100 crore in Budget 2010-11 for the department, which was set up in 2009, to address the challenge …
Style of explaining issues is lucid and ordering of thoughts on the state of economy clutter-free. The Kaushik Basu touch can be seen right on the cover of the pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2009-10. The 420-page document, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, has on its cover a diagram depicting the …
