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 …
MUKESH RANJAN Bridging the ruralurban divide, the Centre is contemplating to launch a unified National Health Scheme in mission mode. The National Health Mission, as it will be called, with a budgetary allocation of about Rs 15,000 crores, is likely to be announced in the upcoming Budget, which will be …
Top CEOs Expect Govt To Roll Back Part Of Stimulus Package, Hike Service Tax, Cenvat THE automobile industry fears that Budget 2010 may make cars, both big and small, more expensive by anything between Rs 2,000 and a lakh. According to top auto CEOs, the government may roll back part …
Mumbai: Admitting that their income through land sale in Bandra-Kurla Complex has suffered a jolt due to recession, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) presented a Rs6,143-crore budget for the financial year 2010-11 on Tuesday. Besides a human development programme for the metropolitan region and development of the Gorai-Manori …
What stays and what goes? There will be no easy choices this budget Budget is policy, goes an old aphorism, which is at odds with the current perspective that the government
Dr Gurdev Singh Khush, a world-renowned rice breeder and geneticist, has led the rice development programme at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, for more than 35 years and developed over 320 varieties of rice, sown in 60 per cent of the world rice land. An alumnus of Punjab …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has been shying of holding public consultation or elicit public opinion about the National Green Tribunal Bill (NGTB), introduced in Parliament in July last and likely to be passed during the forthcoming budget session. The NGTB is being set up to replace …
In a move that is likely to hit the miners hard, the Steel Ministry has asked the government to heavily disincentivise iron ore exports. If the ministry has its way then the Finance Ministry could double the export duty on high-grade ore (to 20 per cent) in the coming Budget. …
BHUBANESWAR: Irrigation and agriculture will be given priority over other sectors by the State Government in the plan outlay for 2010-11 financial year. Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei told this paper that the Planning Commission had indicated the plan size for the ensuing financial year will be Rs 10,200 crore …
The expenditure and finance committee of Delhi government has cleared a Rs 21.95 crore proposal for beautification of roads around Commonwealth Games venues. Besides Games venues, under the proposal, space under flyovers, road crossings and footpaths will be beautified by planting saplings. Delhi finance minister A. K. Walia said that …
Hyderabad, Feb. 1: The Rs 1 lakh-crore Budget, which was a fascination for the late chief minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, eludes the state for the ensuing financial year 2010-2011. It will be presented in the Assembly on February 20 by the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, who is holding …
India among the first few countries in the world to implement a broad-based counter-cyclic policy package to respond to the negative fallout of the global slowdown. The Advance Estimates for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2009-10 pegged at 7.2 per cent. The final figure expected to be higher when …
The Government is all set to give a new fillip to the road transport and highways sector in the Union Budget 2010-11. It is planning to increase allocation of NHAI for National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) by 20-25 per cent and give special emphasis on projects related to road safety, …
Despite the agriculture sector reeling under the impact of drought and rising food prices, the government may not provide much additional funds for the farm sector in the Budget for next fiscal as it seems to be wary of a rising fiscal deficit coupled with tepid tax collections. The agriculture …
With the Budget 2010-11 preparations in full swing, there is a growing realisation within the Manmohan Singh government that its flagship programmes, including the much-touted Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) are performing much below par with the ministries concerned in some cases not …
REFORMS DEFICIT STAYS EVEN AFTER 2 DECADES This Time,FM Pranab Has His Plate Full TK ARUN THE Budget of 2010-11 would be the 20th reform budget, and, in a telling commentary on the progress made in some key areas, is likely to echo many of the concerns raised by Mr …
This is the presentation made by Shobhakar Dhakal, Executive Director, Global Carbon Project in an event "Challenge 25 beyond borders?:promoting a low carbon society" on 23 January 2010 at Kobe, Japan, organised by: Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), Hyogo Prefectural Government. The Global Carbon Project (GCP) releases the …
A total of 60 cities of the country are proposed to be developed as Solar Cities during the 11th plan period. The objective is minimum 10 per cent reduction in projected total demand of conventional energy. At least one city in each State to a maximum of five cities in …
