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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UK "Carbon Budgets" Seen As Model For Others
The world can learn from a British plan for "carbon budgets" to fight climate change even though London often promises more than it delivers, a senior government adviser said.
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Going for broke
May 19, 2009. Parliament
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More reservoirs planned
BHUBANESWAR: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Raghunath Mohanty today said that the State Government had decided to construct more reservoirs to tackle flood, drought and create irrigation facility. To a question from Pratap Sarangi (Ind), the Minister said that till now construction of eight large and 38 medium reservoirs had been completed. Work on 16 reservoirs was in progress.
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A Grain Of Good Sense
The budget reiterates the government
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'Budget Won't Help See 4% Agri Growth'
The budget is good but not as reformist as expected. Instead, it's welfare-oriented. The thanksgiving through rural employment, which if it reaches the bottom population, would be a big boost. We were expecting much more investment in irrigation as there are 400 projects waiting to be completed. I wonder what happened to the proposed National Rainfed Area Authority?
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Bananas, Anyone?
View From The North Balwinder Singh of Sakho Majra in Ropar district is frustrated with our policymakers. Ordinarily, a small farmer like him with six acres of land should have been happy with the budget's promise of more funds for rural infrastructure and agricultural credit, as well as plans to set up a task force to deal with non-institutional loans.
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Paper Tiger Economics
Are reforms really on hold or was it just 'poor packaging'? Has the era of 'big policy in a suitcase' ended? Are we back to the '80s? Pranab Mukherjee's 'holding budget' leaves its flanks open. Precept And Practice: UPA Reforms Agenda What was announced in Budget
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Decoding The Fine Print
AUTOMOBILES Many expectations of the automobile sector have been belied in this budget. It is hoped that there are further positive and growth-oriented measures coming up to enable the industry rise to global challenges. Provisions: Direct tax deduction for in-house research.C
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Beyond the budget
Vinayak Chatterjee / New Delhi July 20, 2009, 0:10 IST A series of key interventions are required if the infrastructure market is to take off. The finance minister made two remarks at the start of the Union Budget address on July 6, 2009. First, that one budget cannot solve all the nation
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Betting on Bharat
The 2009 Budget is a politically powered effort to counter the effects of the global slowdown. Higher allocations across schemes for rural India are expected to trigger demand at the bottom of the pyramid and drag the economy out of the trough. The idea, though, is a big gamble. Already fiscal deficit is 6.8 per cent and borrowings at a record high. Click here to Enlarge