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 in which India became the most populated country in the planet and assumed G20 presidency. The Budget served as …
KARACHI: The Sindh government has earmarked Rs 16.5 billion for annual development programme (ADP) of energy sector, which is reflective of the government’s commitment to its coal, wind and other energy projects. Five projects of 20MW each have been etched in PPP mode for solar-based power generation facilities at Thatta, …
ISLAMABAD: Funds for various renewable energy projects allocated in the new federal budget will help boost power generation from this environment-friendly, clean and sustainable source, secretary at the climate change ministry, Arif Ahmed Khan said talking to the media on Sunday. Quoting from the federal budget documents, he said that …
Dodoma — THE government will put in place strategies to collect more revenue to be able to increase budget allocation in the health sector to 15 per cent in accordance with the Abuja Declaration. The Abuja declaration requires that governments allocate 15 per cent of the total budget to the …
The relevant authorities are once again overlooking the rising level of pollution in the Rawal Lake as no financial allocation has been made so far in the coming budget of the Planning Division to tackle the problem. An official of the environment protection agency (EPA), told The Express Tribune on …
Pakistan’s first-ever Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) report was launched on Monday focusing on federal and provincial budgetary allocations for climate change. The report was prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under guidance of the Ministry of Climate Change and in collaboration with the Ministry of …
Despite numerous humanitarian efforts the long-standing crisis of chronic malnutrition in Pakistan still looms big. Meanwhile the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms has decided to allocate resources in the Public Sector Development Plan (PSDP) at the federal level to address malnutrition in the country in the upcoming budget. Participants …
With Rs 38,000 crore set to be unlocked under a proposed law for increasing India's green cover over the next few years, the Centre is planning to launch a major plantation drive across the country on World Environment Day on June 5. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar has written to all …
A Rs 56.89 crore budget for the Environment Department of West Bengal government was passed in the state Assembly today. Placing the budget proposal, state Environment Minister Dr Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar said the budget allocation has been raised three-fold from Rs 18 crore in 2010-11 to Rs 56.89 crore in …
BMC has zeroed in on two types of cess models, transport and SWM. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is considering an incentive model for the proposed cess on solid waste management (SWM) services for housing societies in the city. While the department is still working on …
The Abbott government has provided another year’s funding for its major greenhouse gas reduction policy – the emissions reduction fund. The fund, which pays for reverse auctions to buy abatement directly from willing sellers, had been allocated $299.8m in 2015-16 , $354.5m in 2016-17 and $416.9m in 2017-18. The 2015 …
The land acquisition bill is being brought in Lok Sabha on Friday with the government seeking to give another push to the controversial measure despite not having the numbers in the Rajya Sabha. The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in March, could not be taken up in …
It finds funds allocated in previous years remain underutilised The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Forests has expressed displeasure over the fund cuts for the Ministry this financial year. The committee has found that the Plan allocation for centrally-sponsored schemes in the current year has gone down by almost …
2015 is a critical year for humanity. Our civilization has never faced such existential risks as those associated with global warming, biodiversity erosion and resource depletion. Our societies have never had such an opportunity to advance prosperity and eradicate poverty. We have the choice to either finally embark on the …
Combined Opposition attack to be sharper than it was in first half The Narendra Modi government will be up against a combined Opposition onslaught when the second half of the Budget session of Parliament resumes its sitting from tomorrow. The attack from the Opposition is expected to be much more …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be strongly pitching for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but the sanitation conditions in rural Maharashtra present a horrific reality. About 56 lakh households in rural Maharashtra have no toilets, admitted the water supply and sanitation minister Babanrao Lonikar. “We are trying to build toilets in …
For this purpose, government in its Budget has earmarked a sum of Rs 50 crore as initial contribution against payment to those whose claims have been settled. “The persons whose lands have been acquired for construction of the new airport at Mopa are pioneering contributors in the developmental process,” he …
In a bid to boost afforestation activities, the Centre is mulling to hand over 90 per cent of the Rs 36,000-crore Compensatory Afforestation Management Fund directly to all the states, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said. The fund was created from the penalties collected from corporates for not meeting the mandatory …
A phenomenal Rs 43,600 crore have already been spent on the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project, the state government informed the Gujarat Assembly on Monday. “Till July 2014, a total of Rs 43,633.75 crore have been spent on the Narmada project,” the government stated in a written reply to a question …
The first full-year budget of the National Democratic Alliance government announced a sharp focus on investment, growth and social security. In addition, Budget 2015-16 claims to have given a boost to cooperative federalism. The budget indeed makes numerous impressive-sounding announcements, but stumbles in the details. This article focuses on the …
Agartala, March 15: Despite declining sanction of funds from the Centre, Tripura is all set to emerge as the best implementing state of MGNREGA scheme. Disclosing this to reporters, minister for rural development Naresh Jamatya said up to March 13 in the current financial year Tripura had succeeded in creating …
