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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Investing in the farm
Farmers need greater access to credit and risk-hedging tools Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 14, 2009, 0:58 IST Farmers won't invest unless they earn more - and that requires greater access to credit and risk-hedging tools.
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AP to get Rs 55,500cr credit
July 13: The State Level Bankers
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Slum-free cities
Making cities slum-free is well-worn rhetoric lacking credibility. When Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee promised, in his recent budget speech, that India would become slum-free in five years, there was little enthusiasm. The allocation of Rs.3,973 crore has failed to provide real hope.
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Green measures lack a sense of continuity or urgency
Budget 2009-10 is green in parts, but not in totality.
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Yashwant Sinha regrets lack of proper monitoring for rural job scheme
Kolkata, July 12 In the name of implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, what is actually happening is virtual looting of public money, according to Mr Yashwant Sinha, BJP leader and former Union Finance Minister.
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Centre launches scheme for forest regeneration
NEW DELHI: The Union Environment and Forest Ministry has launched a new scheme for Accelerated Programme of Restoration and Regeneration of Forest Cover. Announcing this here on Thursday, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said the scheme was announced in the Budget proposals for 2009-10 with an allocation of Rs.500 crore.
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Gehlot scripts aam aadmi budget
JAIPUR: A decline in tax revenue and an additional burden on the State from implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission
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Biodiesel sector waits for clarity on benefits from duty cut
Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai July 9, 2009, 0:00 IST The biodiesel industry has welcomed finance minister
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Rs 50 cr for Buddha Nullah cleaning
A Budget allocation of Rs 50 crore for Buddha Nullah will usher in a ray of hope for restoring the pristine existence of this stinking nullah. For the first time, the Punjab government has made an exclusive Budget allocation for the purging of the drain, contaminated largely by polluting industries.