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 government has reserved Rs 60 billion for the water sector in the budget for the year 2009-10, which amounts to 14 percent of the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, while presenting the 2009-10 budget, said funds would be provided for construction …
The Punjab government is likely to enhance allocation for water supply and sanitation to Rs9.32 billion in the upcoming budget for 2009-10, official sources said. According to government statistics, 50.06 per cent of the total population is served by piped water and 53.9 per cent is covered by a sewerage …
As work on the Noida corridor is almost on the verge of culmination, the Noida Authority has announced a budget of Rs 5,038 crore for the Light Rail Transit System to be extended upto Greater Noida. With Noida denizens all eager to savour the Metro experience starting this August, the …
The projects in the road sector for the present fiscal year would take 10 to 339 years to complete if the current rate of implementation persists, says a study of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). "A large number of road projects are often taken up on political considerations resulting …
President Barack Obama's $3.55 trillion budget, released on Thursday, retains his plan to cut climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions by auctioning off 100 percent of emission permits to industries. That is at odds with some in Congress, including members of Obama's own Democratic Party, who are pushing for 50 percent or …
The government is going to expand its next Annual Development Programme (ADP) to near about Tk 29000 crore, ignoring experts' suggestion to limit the development budget within it's capacity to implement. "To create employment opportunities and maintain growth prospects we need a bigger development plan," Planning Minister AK Khandaker said …
Experts at a consultation yesterday suggested the government allocate at least six percent of gross national product (GNP) for education sector to achieve the education for all (EFA) target by 2015. They also called on the government to allocate six percent of the total education budget for adult literacy. Laying …
If there is one burning issue that emerges from Maharashtra in the run-up to the elections, it is the agrarian crisis in the cotton belt of Vidarbha. The region has the world
Obama administration officials said Wednesday that an ambitious energy and climate-change proposal sponsored by House Democrats could help create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they stopped short of endorsing it. Steven Chu, the secretary of energy, and Lisa P. Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, told …
Britain unveiled 1.4 billion pounds ($2.04 billion) of initiatives to encourage investment in green energy on Wednesday and also gave tax breaks to help squeeze the remaining oil from the declining North Sea. Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) Alistair Darling confirmed a 2020 target for Britain to curb greenhouse …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday afternoon said due attention will be given to the next national budget for protecting homegrown industries and keeping prices of essentials within the purchasing capacity of common people. Sheikh Hasina will focus on the protection of the homegrown industries to make them able to …
Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need to consider the impacts of climate change while preparing the national budget. The seminar titled 'Climate change: Its impact on health and environment' was organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) at Dhaka Reporters Unity auditorium. "The impacts of climate change should be …
A new campaign to save lives and prevent drug resistance by driving the price of the best malaria medicine down to as little as 20 cents was announced Friday by international health agencies and European governments. The subsidy program, unveiled in Norway, will have an initial budget of $225 million …
