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 …
The ministry of environment, forests and climate change has put tax breaks and fiscal concessions for instruments that measure and help abate pollution at the top of its wish list for the upcoming Union Budget. Tackling air and water pollution tops the green ministry's priorities and it wants the finance …
The handloom sector has been continuously denied public funds. An analysis of budgetary allocations since 1997-98 shows that the handloom sector funding has not kept up with costs of production, and inflationary increases during the period.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today hoped that the upcoming Budget will give a clear indication as to how India would "walk the talk" on climate issues while negotiating a deal on emission cuts in Paris later this year. Saying that India is already taking actions to address climate change, the …
President Barack Obama's fiscal 2016 budget proposes boosting funding for clean energy by 7 percent and a new $4 billion fund to encourage U.S. states to make faster and deeper cuts to emissions from power plants, officials said Monday. Obama's budget also calls for the permanent extension of the Production …
The rights perspective is missing in the draft of the National Health Policy-2015, said the National Human Rights Commission’s Core Group on Health. It also said that the public health system in the country needs to be made accountable and participatory. The reconstituted core group, which met here recently to …
Water conservation initiatives such as introduction of environment-friendly vacuum toilets and changes in the design of existing lavatories in trains are some of the proposals likely to be announced in the forthcoming Rail Budget. According to a senior railway ministry official, a concrete plan of action for water management at …
Opposition to amendments in the Land Acquisition Act that were brought through an ordinance by the Modi government recently is growing. Political parties, farmers’ organisations affiliated to political parties as well as civil society movements across the country have expressed their reservation to it. On Wednesday, the Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya …
99 rivers across the country to be developed; Approval soon Sutlej and Beas have been included in the ambitious project in which 99 rivers across the country would be developed as water highways. The Parliament is expected to grant its approval to the project in its Budget session. Announcing this …
The Assam Government is drafting a new Land Acquisition Bill and it will not implement the Central Act of 2013 that was recently amended by the Union Government through an ordinance, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a party event, Gogoi said, “We …
The yearly battle over the US budget officially begins on February 2, when the president plans to send his fiscal 2016 funding proposal to Congress, where it will be torn to shreds or ignored entirely. While the annual drama involves trillions of dollars, it's usually of limited interest to far-flung …
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that the role of IT sector, be it hardware or software, is crucial in order to promote e-governance for empowering citizens. He said that the role of this sector is also important in promoting the inclusive and sustainable growth of the electronics, …
To Prevent Warming, 80% Of Coal, 50% Of Gas & 30% Of Oil Reserves Mustn’t Be Used Till ’50 British scientists have warned that most of the world's fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground if dangerous levels of global warming are to be avoided. Over 80% of …
A number of steps have been taken in the past six months to speed up green clearances but the government is also examining 55 additional suggestions to achieve its twin goals of economic growth and environment protection. Many of the suggestions, extended by a high-level panel of the environment ministry, …
India faces a shortage of urban planners and with the NDA government envisaging building of 100 Smart Cities, the urban development ministry is mulling establishing institutions to train and build capacity of individuals in the field of town planning and urban mobility that in turn would help develop these hi-tech …
MADURAI: At a time when the Tamil Nadu government is looking forward for inclusion of Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar rivers linking project at a cost of Rs 5,166 crore in the 2015-16 Union Budget, a group of experts has urged the state government to consider going for 'Smart National Waterways Project'. "Inter-linking of …
It took a nationwide cleanliness campaign backed by the Centre to get Delhi’s civic bodies to take their sanitation responsibilities seriously by allocating more resources for the purpose. The Union Government’s ongoing Swachh Bharat campaign has given a boost to sanitation spending in the municipalities’ 2015-2016 budgets, which are being …
Even as India is struggling hard to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) including maternal and infant mortality rate, the Finance Ministry's bid to cut more than `6,000 crore in the Health Ministry's budget of around `31,000 crore is likely to have an adverse impact on its efforts to …
Inter-Parliamentary Union’s meeting comes ahead of Second International Conference on Nutrition in Rome Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today urged lawmakers from around the world meeting in Rome to play their part in transforming into positive results the commitments to provide healthier diets for all people which …
Interim Health Minister, Mohamed Nazim has revealed that the biggest budget of 2015 will be allocated for the development of the health sector. He said that the estimated budget for the health sector is MVR 4.8 billion. The interim Health Minister Nazim made this remark speaking at the event held …
Last year, the people of China emitted more carbon per person than those in the EU, according this year's Global Carbon Budget. The report, updated annually, also found that global emissions jumped 2.5 percent last year and are set to hit a record high of 40 billion tonnes this year. …
