Affordable housing a thrust area, says FM

Experts remain doubtful if the poor will benefit from the incentives offered in the budget

Live updates: Budget Feb 2014

Union Budget 2020-21: Big chunk goes to tigers and elephants

Allocation for other species reduced  

Interim Budget 2019: Government's big farmer push falls short

The government’s 6,000 per year offer works out to Rs 3.30 a day, which can't even buy a cup of tea  

Allocation for food processing doubled but previous funds remain unused

The food processing ministry had spent only Rs 199 crore of the Rs 311 crore allocated under a mega food park scheme, according to a 2016 Lok …

Union Budget 2018: climate action funds lying unused is a concern

There is a possibility of unspent money being diverted to other more politically pressing concerns

Swachh Bharat gets a thumbs up

According to the Budget document, SBA for rural sanitation has received Rs 9,000 crore while for urban sanitation, the scheme has a plan outlay …

Health hurts

Budgetary support offers little hope of meeting targets

Union Budget 2020-2021 suggests balanced use of all kinds of fertilisers

Major reforms needed in fertiliser sector, govnt policies that promote urea

Union Budget 2020-2021: Solar units to be set up on fallow, railway lands

Move may affect afforestation to meet India's international commitments  

Interim Budget 2019: MGNREGA gets record allocation, but it’s still not enough

Looking at the increasing demand of work, the big amount of Rs 60,000 crore might still not be able to put an end to the ongoing rural crises

A Mea Culpa budget

The budget is expected to have all the elements that will empower the government to say, ‘We are pro-poor’

Curative care gets more than preventive care

Prevention is the only way to reduce the cost of healthcare in India

Chidambaram pinpoints targets ahead of polls

Offers budget sops to women, youth and the poor

Budget by the people

Pune Municipal Corporation has been successfully implementing participatory budgeting since 2005

बजट 2020-21: कृषि के लिए फिर बढ़ाया बजट, जानें कहां होगा खर्च?

अगर पिछले साल के संशोधित बजट से तुलना की जाए तो इस साल कृषि बजट में लगभग 30 प्रतिशत का इजाफा हुआ है

बजट में डिजिटल क्रांति का सपना पर सरकार की ही योजना लक्ष्य से बहुत पीछे

देश की ढाई लाख ग्राम पंचायतें पिछले नौ सालों से डिजिटल बनने की प्रक्रिया में हैं लेकिन ऐसा हो नहीं पाया है 

किसानों की आय बढ़ाने की नीयत, लेकिन नीति गायब

इस बार के बजट में किसानों का जितना जिक्र हुआ, उतनी फि‍क्र नहीं! 

असंगठित क्षेत्र के कामगारों को मिलेगी पेंशन

इससे लगभग 10 करोड़ कामगारों को लाभ पहुंचने की उम्मीद है। इस योजना का नाम “पीएम श्रमयोगी मानधन योजना” है 

Budget 2017: corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for railway safety

With increasing number of incidents recorded last year, finance ministry creates corpus to deal with accidents

77% soil health cards yet to be issued

Finance Minster Arun Jaitley's claims on the scheme are exaggerated

Survey proposes direct benefit transfer in fertiliser subsidy

The government spent Rs 73,000 crore as subsidy on fertilizers in 2015-16

Run up to Budget

Analysis of Budget 2012-13

Against the backdrop of a slowdown in growth, deteriorating fiscal conditions, inflationary pressure and political turbulence, Union finance …

Union Budget 2020-21: Big plans for storage facilities

Promise of cold storage capacity at villages, warehousing at blocks, refrigerated rail coaches to reduce losses