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 …
Mamta Banerjee tried to colour the railways green in her budget on Wednesday announcing that the biggest employer in the country would distribute 2.6 million energy efficient CFL bulbs to its housing colonies and officials. The move came along with Mamata announcing field trials for environment friendly green toilets the …
Despite delays in land acquisition, railway minister Mamata Banerjee assured on Wednesday that the government is determined to fast-track the dedicated freight corridor project (DFC) on the eastern and western seaboard and promised to start groundwork on four more freight corridor projects crisscrossing the country. Preliminary work would start in …
Madikeri: The long pending demand of the citizens of Kodagu may be realised with the Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee proposing a survey for the Mysore-Madikeri- Mangalore railwayline. The Minister has also announced the survey for Mysore-Kushalnagar-Madikeri route. With this hopes have been raised for the railway connectivity of the …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has expressed his gratitude to Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for a plethora of new projects and trains her budget has offered to Assam and the NE region. An official press release said here that the Chief Minister has lauded Banerjee for setting up the Trans-Asian …
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday outlined a plan for overall development of railways in the North-east by proposing to draw up a Master Plan for development of rail infrastructure in consultation with the
RAILWAY MINISTER Mamata Banerjee's budget proposals on Wednesday appear long on ambition, great on intent but short on specifics about the actual implementation of announced projects. The ambitious long-awaited freight corridor project, she said, wo- uld depend on land acquisition, going on to promise that one me- mber of each …
On February 12, state governments together held close to Rs 101,461 crore worth of 14-day treasury bills. Five years earlier, just before the Twelfth Finance Commission presented its report, that number was Rs 13,351 crore. Investment by states in 14-day treasury bills provides the closest measure of the cash available …
In October 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forwarded a note prepared by the Planning Commission to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the problems being faced by the Indian Railways and the ways these needed to be addressed.
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is pushing hard the Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee to get a good deal for the state from the railway budget. The state wants to get maximum allocation for the 29 railway projects that it has proposed with the Centre. The proposal includes 21 new routes …
Hyderabad: The railway ministry has offered to include a new rail line for AP in the Railway Budget just a day before it is to be presented in Parliament. The ministry informed the state government of the proposal to include a new line between Chikballapur and Puttaparti. However, it also …
This latest study released by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountaiblity & Oxfam India reviews the framework on adaptation in India and provides an estimation of the public resources devoted to this sector. Developing countries like India are saddled with huge developmental deficits with a significantly large segment of the …
Though sale of environment-friendly electric vehicles is slowly picking up in India, its manufacturers feel that much more needs to be done in terms of providing incentives and developing infrastructure to promote e-vehicles and help conserve environment. The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) has urged Union Finance Minister …
Contrary To Fears, Cost Of Such An Exercise Is Not Prohibitive: Study Galloping food prices have shattered family budgets across the country, with latest inflation data showing that prices rose at nearly 18% in the week ending February 6. Many essentials of Indian kitchens are almost beyond reach; sugar is …
The finance ministry has advocated an increase in auto and cooking fuel prices only after the Budget is tabled in Parliament on February 26 in an effort to avert possible united protests from the United Progressive Alliance
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: With the economy poised to register a 7.2 per cent economic growth in 2009-10 fiscal and the government pegging the GDP growth at around 8 to 8.5 per cent in 2010-11, the target can be achieved only by removing various policy bottlenecks and accelerating spending in …
Hyderabad, Feb. 15: Contrary to expectations, the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, has agreed to continue favouring the Jalayagnam in Budget allocations, which is likely to be around Rs 15,000 crore for next financial year. The Chief Minister also wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, reiterating …
Kerala finance minister T.M. Thomas Isaac is getting ready to present the first "green budget" in the country with increased focus on environmental issues. Mr Isaac and his team of top officials are now closeted in the inspection bungalow in the picturesque Vizhinjam beach to give final shape to the …
