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 …
The first Budget of the second UPA Government at the Centre failed to look at the specific requirements of Kerala, for which detailed representations had been made by the Parliament members from the State, but Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee did make some decent allocations for infrastructure and development projects in …
Pawan Bali and Parul Chandra July 6: Clearly with an eye on the coming Assembly elections in Maharashtra, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee offered it significant help, including a task force to help farmers who failed to benefit from the Centre
K.A. Badarinath July 6: Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has performed a fine balancing act in his Budget, working within revenue constraints and yet ensuring high spending by the government to put the country on an accelerated growth track. The Union Budget for this year, presented in the Lok Sabha …
THE budget speech contains hardly anything about climate change, said environmentalists, who have rubbished the pronouncements of the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as nothing specific They said the FM
While the government continues to please the "aam aadmi" with its yearly budget, environmentalists are not so impressed and believe that the bigger picture might be different. Commenting on the "offers" that were mentioned by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the environment related issues, environmentalists not only expressed their disbelieve, …
Around one lakh farmers in the Pune district could benefit from the decision to extend the farm debt relief by another six months from June 30. Across the state, the number could cross 18.24 lakh. But the question is how many will avail of this scheme. The 2008-09 budget gave …
Strong on social spending, with significant allocation for rural employment, the Union Budget however failed to meet the expectation of industry and commerce of Northeast India.
Focus on improving rural housing. Mumbai, July 6 Rural housing sector could get a big boost as the Budget has allocated Rs 2, 000 crore to the National Housing Bank
Budgetary Support Likely To Rise Incrementally & As Share Of GDP Subhash Narayan & Rajeev Jayaswal NEW DELHI HERE are some likely Budget numbers: the exchequer
M.S. Swaminathan AGRICULTURE IS not just a food producing machine in our country but is the backbone of the livelihood security system of nearly 70 crores of our population. A majority of them are below the age of 35. The future of our agriculture and rural livelihoods will depend upon …
MUMBAI: State finance minister Dilip Walse-Patil has urged Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to make available viability gap funding for the Worli-Haji Ali-Malabar Hill-Nariman Point sea link to augment transport facilities in the metropolis. "We have successfully commissioned the Bandra-Worli sea link. The extension of the sea link up to …
HYDERABAD: The State government is likely to cut down the allocations to departments, except those dealing with welfare and irrigation, in the budget to be presented in the Assembly on July 24. The State set a record of sorts last year when it presented a budget of little over Rs. …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: The 2009-10 budget could see the integration of agricultural activities and rural development schemes not only because they helped to prevent the global slowdown from hitting the rural economy but also because the two sectors appear more likely to lift the country out of the rut. …
Entertainment tax on Direct-to-Home (DTH) television connections is the only new tax proposed in the Rs 53.76 crore surplus Budget for 2009-10 presented in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The other features of the Budget is stress on the security scenario with an increase of 69 per cent in …
