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
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Eye on 2011 in Buddha 10 Budget
With the municipal polls coming up in a few months and the Assembly elections slotted for next year, the Left Front government in West Bengal led by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Monday hoped to recover lost grounds by presenting a Budget that promises more jobs, puts emphasis on agriculture rather than industry and rolls out goodies to the poor and landless.
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CAG report slams state: reveals defective budgeting, improper planning
Chandigarh: Defective budgeting, improper planning, slow implementation of schemes, faulty execution of works - the report of the Controller and Auditor-General of India on Haryana, presented to the Haryana Legislative Assembly, found this and much more. It also brought to light, inter alia, deficiencies in systems and procedures, excess payments, wasteful and avoidable expenditure.
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Budget for NPR okayed
With a tentative deadline of completing the exercise by September this year, the government has decided to create a National Population Register (NPR) of the entire population beginning this April. This will be the first such endeavour in the world to enumerate 1.2 billion people with their biometric details.
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MMC surplus budget pegged at Rs 4.46 cr
The Standing Committee of the Margao Municipal Council on Thursday approved a surplus budget pegged at Rs 4.46 crore, even as the budget estimates for the first time has proposed to levy a fee of Rs 1 per day on every household for door-to-door collection of garbage.
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Long road ahead for Food Security Bill
While Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee signalled government intention to come out with a national food security Bill soon during his Budget speech, the action plan that has been worked out suggests that the legislation will not make it to Parliament for at least another year.
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State Budget 2010-11 anti-farmer: NCP
Assam NSUI welcomes Gogoi
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Rs 800 cr for Punjab to save paddy
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee dished out sour news for the country, cautioning that inflation could rise to double digits in March. Separately, for Punjab, he made it sweet saying the state will get the promised Rs 800 crore which it spent on saving the standing paddy crop last year in July-August when the country faced a drought.
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Rs 400 crore for green drive
The Finance Minister
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CAG report slams state: Reveals defective budgeting, improper planning
Defective budgeting, improper planning, slow implementation of schemes, faulty execution of works - the report of the Controller and Auditor-General of India on Haryana, presented to the Haryana Legislative Assembly, found this and much more. It also brought to light, inter alia, deficiencies in systems and procedures, excess payments, wasteful and avoidable expenditure.
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Gogoi tables Rs 3464-cr deficit Budget
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today presented in the State Assembly a deficit Budget of Rs 3464.46 crore for the 2010-11 financial year of the State. He expressed the hope that the State would be able to attain a growth rate of around nine per cent during the financial year.