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 …
Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque hoped that the next budget would be pro-people, pro-rural and pro-marginalised. He was speaking as chief guest at a roundtable discussion titled 'Budget and Social Safety Net Programmes: Perspective of Marginalized'. Shamunnay, a non-government social development organisation, in association with another …
The Maharashtra government is working overtime trying to plug gaps in the Rs 60,000-crore loan waiver for farmers announced in the Union budget. As things stand now, Vidarbha, the state's worst-hit region which has seen nearly three suicides a day for the last two years, will benefit the least from …
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry favours strict monitoring of infrastructure, energy and industry projects to give momentum to the growth of Indian economy for overcoming the adverse impact of slowdown. It may be mentioned here that various projects involving a record outlay of Rs 2,49,362.95 crore in the …
In a shocking revelation the Delhi Committee of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has said that there are more than one lakh open drains in the Capital. According to a survey conducted by the industry major, there are around 1,30,000 drains under the jurisdiction of …
The briefcase that acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee carried to Parliament on 16 February must have felt incredibly light: all he had to do was present only a vote-on-account budget for the next three months, rather than a full year
Excerpts from Arun Shourie's speech in Rajya Sabha on Interim Budget Arun Shourie / New Delhi March 1, 2009, 0:12 IST Arun ShourieHaving stated in the Budget,
Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement has urged the Government of Tamil Nadu to consult farmers before finalising the proposals for the ensuing State budget to be presented in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly shortly. Convenor of the Movement, C. Nallasamy, G. Gurusamy along with C.Thangaraj and N.S. Palanisamy of …
Himachal Assembly on Thursday passed the Annual Budget for 2009-10 and also the related Appropriation Bill, authorising the State to spend Rs 14,016.75 crore from the consolidated fund. The house discussed and passed the demands in respect of Home, PWD, Education and Health while remaining demands were passed without discussion …
The State government earned a negligible profit of Rs 23 crore on its Rs 22,279-crore investment in companies and statutory corporations in 2007-08, according to the report filed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The CAG report, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, said the …
The budget with an outlay of Rs 4,238.41 crore was aimed at the "overall development" of Bangalore, as Palike Commissioner S Subramanya put it... Better roads and cleaner lakes, more bridges and flyovers, skywalks and underpasses, separate cycle lanes and an ambitious
FM Cited Constitutional Propriety To Justify Absence Of Any Fiscal Measures In The Interim Budget. Now, Just Before Announcement Of Elections, He Unveils Rs 29,000cr Concessions To Charge Up Industry And Urban Consumers TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Pranab Mukherjee may have left consumers disappointed with his Interim Budget last …
New Delhi: The child stars of Slumdog Millionaire are truly the lucky ones. Government spend on child-specific schemes has doubled in the last five years of the UPA
LUCKNOW: The budget session of the UP Vidhan Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday after passing the Appropriation Bill amounting to Rs 144615,16,23,000 (one lakh forty four thousand six hundred fifteen crore sixteen lakh and twenty three thousand) for the year 2009-10. As the session of the House was …
The State Governments proposed spending on the Metro Rail for 2009-10 and the rest of the budget for the Citys roads and transport is a mixed bag, according to experts. While experts believe that Metro has become an embarrassing obligation to the Government, the decision to spend Rs 2,000 crore …
BHUBANESWAR: Finances of poor states like Orissa may go for a toss in the coming days as the Centre has made no commitment in the interim Budget to meet the additional liability on account of implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.The burden on the state exchequer is …
