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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Just Rs 3.15 cr for 40,000 lakes!
By G Manjusainath, DH News Service, Bangalore: The Karnataka Lake Development Authority (LDA) has been projected as a villain for the poor state of the lakes across Karnataka...
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Carbon budget 2007
Anthropogenic CO2 emissions have been growing about four times faster since 2000 than during the previous decade, and despite efforts to curb emissions in a number of countries which are signatories of the Kyoto Protocol. Emissions from the combustion of fossil fuel and land use change reached the mark of 10 billion tones of carbon in 2007.
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Budget stalemate for rural work
Gautam Chakraborty, head of the previous board Malda, July 17: Development work by the zilla parishad here has come to a halt over the past five months and is likely to be delayed for another two, as the previous Congress-led board could not pass the budget earlier this year.
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Yeddyurappa presents pro-rural, pro-farmer budget
Free power to irrigation pumpsets up to 10 HP from August 1, loans at three per cent interest to farmers, weavers and fishermen, enhanced retirement for government servants and a substantial allocation for development of infrastructure were the highlights of the revised State budget presented by Chief Minister Yeddyurappa on Thursday. The BJP government in Karnataka today announced free power to irrigation pumpsets (IP) up to 10 HP from August 1 apart from loans at three per cent interest to farmers, weavers and fishermen, to fulfill its pre-election promise.
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Badal presents deficit budget
Promising massive infrastructure building, Tripura Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury presented a budget of Rs 5,248.76 crore with a deficit of Rs 76.74 crore for the 2008-2009 financial year in the Assembly here today. The budget has proposed substantial increase in capital expenditure as the outlay for infrastructure building has been pegged at Rs 1,763 crore.
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Manipur gets Rs 44.52 crore for development of environment
The Ministry of Environment and Forest made the budgetary provisions for North-east States to the tune of Rs. 4647 crore during the last three years. The year wise allocations were Rs. 1388.19 crore, Rs. 1520.14 crore and Rs. 1539.00 crore for the tears 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 respectively. The different Central Schemes were Development of National Parks and Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserve, Conservation and Management of Mangroves, Coral Reefs and Wetlands, Project Elephant, Project Tiger, National Afforestation Programme, and Gregarious Flowering Muli Bamboo.
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Now vote for us
It was perhaps a first for Palaniappan Chidambaram. He had a most unusual effect on Lok Sabha MPs last week. Minutes after he delivered his Budget speech, MPs across party lines were on the phone, cancelling weekend parties and making arrangements to head home.
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Union Budget 2008-2009
Union Budget 2008-2009.
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Big Bucks No Bang
Shorn of any big idea, Budget 2007 is an essay that tries to manage the exigencies of politics and the public outcry on inflation even as it attempts to balance the need for growth. It satisfies neither political wants nor economic needs.
