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 …
Kolkata, July 12 In the name of implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, what is actually happening is virtual looting of public money, according to Mr Yashwant Sinha, BJP leader and former Union Finance Minister.
NEW DELHI: The Union Environment and Forest Ministry has launched a new scheme for Accelerated Programme of Restoration and Regeneration of Forest Cover. Announcing this here on Thursday, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said the scheme was announced in the Budget proposals for 2009-10 with an …
A Budget allocation of Rs 50 crore for Buddha Nullah will usher in a ray of hope for restoring the pristine existence of this stinking nullah. For the first time, the Punjab government has made an exclusive Budget allocation for the purging of the drain, contaminated largely by polluting industries. …
Solan: The pharmaceutical hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh has been left high and dry with the budget failing to address any of their grievances, including hike in the excise duty and refund on raw materials. Since the gains of the 2003 Central industrial package had been reduced after two reductions in the …
A.V. Ragunathan CUDDALORE: The Union budget does not reflect the recommendations of the National Commission on Farmers headed by M.S. Swaminathan which has clearly spelt out measures to be taken for rejuvenating the agriculture sector, according to R.V. Giri, State general secretary of the Consortium of Indian Farmers
Mumbai: To expedite projects that could curb flooding in Mumbai, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee increased the allocation for the Brihanmumbai storm water drain (Brimstowad) project in the current fiscal year from Rs200 crore, earmarked during the interim budget, to Rs500 crore. Budget 2009The project will help the BMC increase the …
Though Assam Budget 2009-10 is growth oriented, it has little provision for the revival of micro sector industries, which are in a dilapidated condition in the State, opined North Eastern Small Scale Industries Association (NESSIA). Reacting on the State budget in a press meet today, the association maintained that the …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Promising a real wage of Rs. 100 a day under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and an interest subvention for farmers, the UPA government
Subrata Mandal THE BUDGET has made a decisive choice for growth over fiscal consolidation. It is a choice favoured by all the major economies of the world in the given circumstances of global economic downturn The focus on growth is the main reason for the budgetary increase in allocation for …
The pro-poor and pro-rural Budget has got a thumbs- up from farm economists, farmer leaders and agriculturists in the region. Hailing the Budget for its approach towards the
ALOK SHARMA Govt makes it easy for Assuring to reduce poverty by half over the next five years, finance minister Pranab Muherjee on Monday proposed easy terms for loans to farmers For a loan up to Rs 300,000, a farmer would have to pay 7 per cent interest while the …
The Energy Research Institute (TERI) said it was disappointed with the Union Budget 2009-10, considering the fact that Central government has the mandate to carry out reforms in the energy and environment sectors.
As Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee hoped in his Budget speech, his announcements for exemptions for environment-friendly bio-diesel earned him smiles from environmentalists. Mukherjee announced the government
An allocation of Rs 1,770.20 crore for Delhi Metro in the Union Budget is expected to meet projections for Phase II. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which was earlier facing a shortage of funds for this phase and which required the state and Central governments to pitch in, is now …
