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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Punjab budget: Outlay for sanitation, water may be enhanced
The Punjab government is likely to enhance allocation for water supply and sanitation to Rs9.32 billion in the upcoming budget for 2009-10, official sources said.
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LRT budget pegged at Rs 5,038 crore
As work on the Noida corridor is almost on the verge of culmination, the Noida Authority has announced a budget of Rs 5,038 crore for the Light Rail Transit System to be extended upto Greater Noida.
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Road projects may need 339 years to finish Says BIDS study
The projects in the road sector for the present fiscal year would take 10 to 339 years to complete if the current rate of implementation persists, says a study of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
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Obama Adviser Sees Unemployment Rising Until 2010
President Obama
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Obama Budget Sticks To Auctioning All CO2 Permits
President Barack Obama's $3.55 trillion budget, released on Thursday, retains his plan to cut climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions by auctioning off 100 percent of emission permits to industries.
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New Panel Will Review NASAs Shift in Spaceflight
The Obama administration announced Thursday that an independent panel would take a
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U.S. Drops Research Into Fuel Cells for Cars
Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, once hailed by President George W. Bush as a pollution-free solution for reducing the nation
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Allocate 6pc GNP for education sector Experts urge govt
Experts at a consultation yesterday suggested the government allocate at least six percent of gross national product (GNP) for education sector to achieve the education for all (EFA) target by 2015. They also called on the government to allocate six percent of the total education budget for adult literacy.
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Vidarbha waits
If there is one burning issue that emerges from Maharashtra in the run-up to the elections, it is the agrarian crisis in the cotton belt of Vidarbha. The region has the world
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Administration Stops Short of Endorsing Climate Bill
Obama administration officials said Wednesday that an ambitious energy and climate-change proposal sponsored by House Democrats could help create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they stopped short of endorsing it.