Union Budget 2019-20: Income support for farmers drives historic allocation for agri ministry

Rs 75,000 crore for income assistance to boost rural consumption, claims government

Budget 2018: NDA’s tribal development scheme reduced to tokenism

Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana was introduced in 2014 for the overall development of tribal communities

Simply Put - budget

एक पांव रखता हूं, हजारों राहें फूट पड़ती हैं

व्यक्तिगत करदाताओं को सालाना 5 लाख रुपए तक की आमदनी पर टैक्स में छूट। पहले 2.5 लाख की छूट थी

Union Budget 2020-21: Unremarkable for health sector

Allocation increased but just enough to offset inflation; new schemes criticised by experts  

कैसे तैयार होता है केंद्रीय बजट?

बजट प्रभाग प्रति वर्ष अगस्‍त-सितंबर के महीनों में आगामी वित्त वर्ष का केंद्रीय बजट तैयार करने की प्रक्रिया शुरू करता है 

Why Budget 2021-2022 should increase allocations for child health and nutrition

Apart from allocation of funds, their release, approval and reporting also need to be streamlined

राजस्थान बजट : स्वास्थ्य पर दिया जोर, पर्यावरण को भूली सरकार

सरकार के पास पैसा बढ़ाने का स्कोप भी ज्यादा नहीं है क्योंकि राज्य सरकार का रेवेन्यू नहीं बढ़ रहा है। देश की आर्थिक अस्थिरता ...

Union Budget 2020-21 for power sector: Getting smart meters in 3 years quite a task

Sector riddled with technical and implementational difficulties, say experts

Union Budget 2020-21: Big talk on natural farming but no support

India has the largest share in the world’s organic farmers pie

बजट 2020-21: बिना बजटीय सहायता कैसे होगी जीरो बजट खेती?

कृषि मंत्रालय द्वारा गठित टास्क फोर्स ने सिफारिश की थी कि जैविक कृषि को बढ़ावा देने के लिए हर साल 12 हजार 500 करोड़ ...

बजट 2020-21: पांच नई स्मार्ट सिटी की घोषणा, लेकिन कब पूरी होगी?

जून 2015 में घोषित स्मार्ट सिटी मिशन का अब तक केवल 11 फीसदी ही काम हो पाया है

Why the Budget should increase allocation towards health and family planning

Low spending by India in these two areas has caused growing inequality, insufficient access and poor quality of healthcare services

Budget attempts to provide relief to drought-hit farmers

But boost in agriculture budget not enough, say experts

‘India budget weak in public participation; limited in transparency’

The country’s performance in terms of public participation and budget oversight by the legislature was rated “weak” in the survey

Odisha fishing sector hopeful with Union Budget 2021-22 allocation for Paradip

Workers say harbour will be finally able to meet EU export standards 

Jal Jeevan Mission Urban launched in Union Budget 2021-22

An outlay of Rs 50,011 crore was announced for the urban and rural water supply scheme, over 4 times the revised budget for 2020-2021

How will Centre double farmers’ income by next year? Union Budget 2021-22 has no answer

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set the ambitious target in 2016

Union Budget 2021-22: What should be the priorities for agriculture?

Increasing budgetary allocations towards Rural Employment Guarantee Act is non-negotiable   

Union Budget 2020-21: Duty on solar panel, EV imports; relief to green energy cos

Tax benefits aimed at incentivising domestic manufacturing   

Economic Survey 2019-20: What it says on stubble burning

Survey recognises 'concern' but says trend downwards

Budget 2020-21: Experts hope water security will be in focus again

Fund allocations must be clearly defined, they say

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have largely consumed world's carbon budget

The historical division of the carbon pie has been iniquitous, with rich, developed countries taking the lion's share 

Budget 2018: Swachh Bharat Mission funds cut down

For the first time in the last four years, the allocation for the sanitation programme was reduced

Economic Survey bats for one-time cash transfer to pregnant women

Investment in maternal health can become a top policy priority of the central government