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
-
Thermax sees openings in renewable energy
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai March 01, 2010, 0:15 IST Pune-based energy and environment solutions
-
FM ready to talk fuel price hike
Minister Gives No Assurance To Trinamool & DMK On Rollback; NCP Backs Pranab
-
Despite budget benefits, fuel price rise to pinch farmers
EVEN as the budget appears to have some benefits for the Punjab farmers, especially in terms of direct delivery of subsidies on fertilisers, easy mobility of grain from one state to another and conservation of natural resources especially groundwater resources, the increase in excise duty on petrol and diesel will result in higher cost of production for various crops, which may not go down well fo
-
Hike in fuel prices to stay: Pranab to party MPs, allies
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who cautioned against instant populism, told his party MPs and leaders of allies on Wednesday that correcting the distortions in the pricing of petro goods was unavoidable. He also told his colleagues that the time to take bold decisions was
-
United Oppn stalls Houses over fuel price hike
NEW DELHI: Opposition unity was once again displayed in Parliament on Wednesday as parties gracing the non-ruling benches got together to stall proceedings in the two Houses in protest against the government
-
Pranab rules out fuel hike rollback
New Delhi: There will be no rollback of the recent increase in fuel prices. With Congress holding firm on the decision announced in the budget, and with allies coming around, the new rates of petrol and diesel will remain in force.
-
Maharashtra govt may not be able to meet 2012 power target
Mumbai: The government has been claiming a load-shedding free Maharashtra by 2012, but the provision in the budget indicates otherwise. Three of its major power generation plants, with consolidated generation of more than 4,000mw, are expected to be commissioned not before 2014-15, the budget document states.
-
Budget passed, fuel duty rollback pleas rejected
PARLIAMENT on Tuesday passed the budget 2010-11 with the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee remaining firm and turning down all pleas for a rollback of increase in duties on fuel.
-
Energy sector to get top priority in next budget
The government attaches top most priority to the energy sector and the Energy Ministry has promised an allocation of Taka 45,000 crore from Taka 130,000 crore in the proposed budget of the forthcoming financial year. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Maj Gen (retd) Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan told this at a roundtable here on Saturday. H