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, Haryana spend more on teachers than kids
In Punjab and Haryana, expenditure on teachers and school infrastructure far outstrips the expenditure on children’s entitlements and services. The annual PAISA report (brought out by NGO Pratham) that
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50 ps relief per litre of diesel
Diesel will be less taxing on your pockets as it will be cheaper by 50 paise per litre from April 1. But, get ready to pay more for cigarettes, beedies and other tobacco products. Gold, noble metals, precious and semi-precious stones will cost less with the State government deciding to reverse the one per cent hike in VAT effected last year.
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Indian budget disappoints
India’s remarkable growth in science funding — notching up annual increases of about 25% over the past five years — seems finally to have been hit by the global economic downturn.
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State Govt clears Rs 778 crore for Commerce & Industry, IT
The budgetary demands of Rs 777. 95 crore of Commerce and Industries and IT departments were cleared by the State Assembly on Tuesday with voice vote. Madhya Pradesh stood on fifth position in the industrial
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Mukul Sangma presents Rs 382-cr deficit budget
SHILLONG, March 19 – Chief Minster Mukul Sangma today presented a deficit budget of Rs 382 crore for 2012-13 and proposed tax increase on alcohol and tobacco products to raise awareness about the ill-effects
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Bride, who demanded toilet after marriage, rewarded
As if to buttress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's emphasis on drinking water and sanitation in his reply to the motion of thanks to the President's address, a young woman was rewarded for her successful insistence on a toilet as a precondition for living at her husband's place. Anita Bai Narre of Chichouli village of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh was handed a cheque for Rs. 5 lakh by Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, on behalf of Sulabh International, for standing up for her dignity on reaching her husband's place and demanding the construction of a toilet.
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Farce of Food Subsidy Being Played Out Again
The UPA-II has used the Budget to again play politics with hunger. But it has paid no heed to the ticking time bomb of growing social tensions as 58 million Indians living off agriculture slide deeper
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Kerala Budget: Rs 50 cr allocated for new Mullaperiyar dam
Even as Tamil Nadu is opposed to the idea of a new dam instead of the present one at Mullaperiyar, the Kerala Budget for 2012-13 has set aside Rs 50 crore for preliminary work on a new dam. Finance Minister
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Pranab hints at fuel price hike after Budget session
New Delhi: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday hinted at a hike in diesel and cooking gas (LPG) prices after the Budget session, saying political consensus for this will be built after the session.
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State package for endosulfan victims a ‘farce’, says anti-endosulfan campaign activists
The anti-endosulfan Campaign Committee, which had been in the forefront to campaign for and to coordinate relief and rehabilitation works for hundreds of the hapless families of endosulfan victims on Monday expressed utter dismay over the “farcical” assurance in the budget proposals to mitigate plight of the less fortunate lot.