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 …
Poor countries have had to divert large chunks of their budget to adapt to climate change and run the risk of crowding out spending on health and education, a new report suggests. Over four years from 2008-11, Ethiopia committed 14% of its national budget to climate change, or nearly half …
India’s leveraging strength in climate finance will be “weakened” globally after the central government’s failure to properly plan state-wise sharing of revenue generated from the coal cess–driven National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF), an expert said. According to Joyashree Roy, a member of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel …
Andhra Pradesh’s new model for sale of sand for construction is expected to fetch over Rs. 4,000 crore this year according to the economic advisor to the State, C Kutumbarao. “This could be one among the new revenue sources besides sale of Red Sander logs in the international market which …
Writes To Centre For Only 7.5K MW Jaipur: After becoming the chief minister for the second time, Vasundhara Raje ostensibly announced to produce 25,000 megawatt solar power in next five years. She set the target in February in the interim budget and stuck to it in the modified budget stating …
The year ahead is critical from the point of view on environment and development. Click on this interactive for the top 14 developments you need to keep track of in 2014.
An analysis of State action plans to combat climate change reveals a lack of innovative approaches and a high variation in budgets, apart from the fact that many did not move ahead from the business-as-usual scenario. However, the exercise by 28 Indian States is one of the largest sub-national action …
Maneka Sets 2-Yr Deadline For Implementation Hundred districts with the worst child sex ratio across the country will be the cradle for the ambitious `Beti bachao, beti padhao' scheme that envisages a mix of cash transfers with stringent action against erring medical practitioners and monitoring of health clinics. “We are …
Opposition parties dub it as ‘Budget without any direction’ Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday presented the Rs2,357.91 crore deficit Budget for the 2014-15 financial year. “The Budget estimates of 2014-15 show a receipt of Rs57,311.39 crore under the consolidated fund of the State. Out of this, Rs52,696.81 crore …
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The UK is slashing its climate change diplomacy budget even as global efforts intensify to reach a deal. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) cut spending on its core climate change activities by 39% over the past three years, figures show. This reduces the UK’s capacity to influence other countries’ …
A medical college at Rohini and a multi-speciality hospital in South Delhi proposed Aditi Tandon The Lok Sabha today passed the Budget for the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stressing the need to expand health and educational facilities around the national Capital which he termed …
Arun Jaitley will be presenting his maiden Budget on July 10. Technically, it will be a budget for eight months only but such occasions have been used earlier in dramatic fashion. A similar Budget presented by none other than Manmohan Singh himself in July 1991 effected a revolutionary shift in …
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget had to disappoint It may have had something to do with Narendra Modi's historic victory. It may have been due to the overbearing urge to banish everything that has anything to do with UPA. Or it may have been because of the relatively bold Railway …
In the wake of boost from the Budget & RBI move on affordable housing, Tata Housing & Mahindra Lifespace, among others, plan new launches Helped by the government’s budget moves and the Reserve Bank’s (RBI’s) recent notification on affordable housing, the big names in the segment are gearing for new …
In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio case has been reported in the last 17 years with Health Department dishing out regular oral polio vaccine doses as part of the nationwide programs. PANJIM: In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed all concerned of the Agriculture Ministry to be more active to implement every development project on time by maintaining the quality. She said that the budget of Agriculture Ministry in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) is being enhanced in every fiscal year and Taka …
DEHRADUN: The Centre has sought a proposal from Uttarakhand government suggesting possible sites within the state for establishing the proposed Centre For Himalayan Studies. The proposal was sought by the Centre when Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar met Additional Secretary (Forest and Environment Ministry) Hem Pandey in New Delhi yesterday to …
The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF), one of the flagship programmes of UPA-II, failed to reach its beneficiaries, as the amount from it is now diverted to environment projects, the major one being cleaning and developing inland waterways on the river Ganga. NCEF, which totals up to Rs 14,000 crore …
Farmers and agriculture-sector analysts stressed the need for more pragmatic approach and wider policy support in the upcoming national budget to boost the country’s agriculture sector. They recommended for introducing ‘agriculture safety fund’ and ‘crop insurance’ in the next fiscal to help increase agricultural output. They also suggested forming a …
The Delhi government is mulling a subsidy to car owners choosing to go electric. The move comes after the Centre offered a subsidy in this year's budget under the National Mission on Electric Mobility . These, however, are not aimed at erickshaws. “As part of the pilot project, the government …
