Budgeting for agriculture and food
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
Budget
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NREGA outlay likely to stay flat this year
Opening Balance Of . 10,000 Cr May Lead To Marginal Hike In Employment Scheme
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UP to spend Rs 4,400 cr on agriculture
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government in the budget tabled in the assembly on Tuesday promised to spend over Rs 4,400 crore on agriculture and allied activities this year with a target to produce 538.25 lakh metric tonne food grains and 14.56 lakh metric tonne oil seeds. The government has also identified 23,650 hectare of land in 361 villages for implementation of sodic land reclamation projec
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UP: Budget targets higher development trajectory
LUCKNOW: The state budget 2011-12 needs be analysed in the backdrop of 12th Finance Commission's targets on six indicators, which all states are required to achieve.
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Verma presents a deficit budget
Giving monuments and memorials a miss this year, the state government presented a tax-free, but deficit budget on Tuesday promising development of all sections of the society. Finance Minister Lalji Verma, who presented state budget in Vidhan Sabha, called it a financial document aimed at
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Farm credit target to see 20% rise to 4,50,000 cr
Kisan Credit Card Lending May Be Increased By 30%; 2% Interest Subsidy On Timely Loan Repayment May Stay. THE budget for the next fiscal is likely to step up the target for farm credit to . 4,50,000 crore, up 20% from the current year
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Budget and farm sector issues
A Budget that works for agriculture would be one that enhances investment in farms, spurs market intermediaries to improve their services, and brings about price stability. It should nudge policies towards more integrated markets. For the first time in many years, the setting for the forthcoming Union Budget is one of good agricultural growth.
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Budget: HRD sought 100-pc hike, could get only 25 pc
While the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry had sought nearly Rs 80,000 crore in budgetary allocation this year
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Good news: GDP growth higher than expected
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee can take credit for ending 2010-11 with a fiscal deficit significantly lower than 5.5 per cent of GDP that his team estimated in the beginning of the year. A higher-than-expected GDP growth rate of 8.6 per cent will give him enough headroom to close the year with a budget deficit of under 5 per cent of GDP.
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Average womans share of Budget 1,200 per year
New Delhi: They account for half the country
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Increase budgetary allocation for tribals
NEW DELHI: The Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) has urged Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to ensure that the allocation for the Tribal Sub Plan in this year's budget is increased to 8.4 per cent in keeping with the strength of the tribals in the country. It stressed that the shortfall on this account was over Rs.