Tag: Budget

HDK to present fresh budget in July

Karnataka chief minister Mr H D Kumaraswamy asserted on Tuesday that he proposes to present the JDSCongress coalition government’s budget in the first week of July. At the same time he said that he was determined to keep his promise of waiving farmers’ loans even if took a while. Siddharamiah’s recent remarks where he had …

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June 20, 2018

MHA needs Rs 3,50,000 cr for internal security, border guarding in 2020-25

This was conveyed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh to Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission N K Singh here recently

April 22, 2018

Probe ordered against man who sat on Gujarat Speaker’s chair

A probe has been ordered after pictures of a young man sitting on Speaker’s chair in the main hall of Gujarat Assembly went viral on social media. Speaker Rajendra Trivedi on Tuesday ordered an inquiry, said Assembly secretary D M Patel. “No one except the Speaker can sit on that chair. It is also a …

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April 3, 2018

Finance minister presents Rs 1,20,028cr Budget for 2018-19

Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera presented a Rs 1,20,028 crore budget for 2018-19 in the state Assembly, 12.3 per cent higher than the last budget today with increased allocation to rural areas in terms of housing, water supply, welfare schemes without imposing any new tax. The Finance Minister also presented a separate Agriculture budget …

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March 24, 2018

15 pc income of temples to be used for Gau Sadans

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday said the government has started a special scheme for providing assistance to protect abandoned cattle under which 15 per cent of the total offerings in the temples would be used for Gau Sadans’ operations. In addition, Rs One would be charged from each bottle of liquor sold in …

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March 23, 2018

Cong helps SMC pass budget

The Left Front-led board at the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Thursday passed the budget for 2018- 2019 with support from the Congress party. However, the opposition Trinamul Congress did not support the fiscal estimates and claimed it was a “dimensionless budget.” The Leader of the Congress party in the SM, Sujoy Ghatak, served a …

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March 23, 2018

Delhi govt brings out Outcome Budget

Aiming to bring high degree of transparency and accountability in public spending, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Wednesday presented outcome budget for 2017-18. The Outcome Budget 2017-18, covering 34 departments was presented by Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia in the Assembly. Sisodia gave a detailed presentation of 14 key departments and status of …

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March 22, 2018

Siliguri Mayor tables deficit Rs 4.6 cr budget

Siliguri mayor Asok Bhattacharya presented a deficit budget of Rs 4.6 crore for the financial year 2018-19 for the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) today. The budget shows the total expenditure at Rs 309 crore, and a total income of Rs 304 crore. However, the target set for revenue income is Rs 45.35 crore this year, …

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March 21, 2018

FOCIN memo ahead of SMC budget

The Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FOCIN), North Bengal, served a memorandum to Siliguri Mayor Asok Bhattacharya, where it has suggested keeping in consideration the FOCIN issues as Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) presents its budget for the financial year 2018-19. The memorandum and suggestions include traffic problems, parking problems in market areas, procurement …

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March 16, 2018

HP Budget below average, says Cong

The debate on budget proposals for 2018-19 presented by the Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur in the state Assembly on 9 March continued on Wednesday with Congress members terming it a ‘below average’ budget. Participating in the debate in the House, Congress MLA from Shillai, Harshvardhan Chauhan said the first and the last budget of …

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March 14, 2018

‘KMC budget is a complete jumla’

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) budget discussion on Tuesday witnessed fierce opposition from the CPI-M and BJP councillors who alleged that though big amounts of money during the budget presentation are sanctioned to various departments, the revised rates ultimately turn out to be severely low. The KMC budget discussion on Tuesday witnessed CPIM and the …

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March 14, 2018

Himachal budget lacks vision, says CLP leader

Congress Legislature Party Leader, Mukesh Agnihotri on Monday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government must end its ‘honeymoon’ period and come out with a roadmap for development of the state. Initiating debate on budget proposals presented by Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur for 2018-19 on 9 March, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, Mukesh Agnihotri …

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March 12, 2018

Nadda, Dhumal hail Budget

Union minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda termed the budget, a holistic budget that follows the Prime Minister Narender Modi’s vision and upholds the spirit of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’. “The visionary and pragmatic Budget has schemes for the poor, farmers, youth and women and will definitely lead to an all-round development …

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March 9, 2018

Budget: Khattar govt’s focus on economic and social services

With just over a year left for the Haryana Assembly elections, Manohar Lal Khattar government kept its focus on economic and social services in the Budget for 2018-19 presented in the Assembly on Friday by allocating over 60 per cent of the total budget to these two sectors. While the finance minister Abhimanyu allocated 28.7 …

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March 9, 2018

Haryana FM presents over 1.15 lakh cr Budget

Haryana finance minister Abhimanyu on Friday presented Rs 1.15 Lakh crore Budget for the year 2018-19 proposing major outlay for education, power, health, farm sector, rural development and social empowerment. Presenting his fourth consecutive Budget, Abhimanyu kept its size this year at Rs 1,15,198 Crore with an increase of 12.6 per cent over budget estimates …

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March 9, 2018

Haryana Budget to focus on all-around development: Min

Haryana Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu on Thursday said that the upcoming Budget of the state would be people-friendly laid on balancing the rural economy. While interacting with media persons during Holi Milan programme organized at his residence, Abhimanyu said that being the Finance Minister of the state, he would present the next budget in which …

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March 2, 2018

67 BMC officials pass `430 cr annual Budget for State Capital

Presenting its last Budget, the Corporation consisting 67 Corporators, on Wednesday unanimously passed the annual Budget of Rs 430 crore for the State Capital region. Out of the major income while holding tax would yield Rs 46.49 crore, advertising revenue Rs 18.37 crore, trade licence Rs 6.03 crore, users fee Rs 19.66 crore, NOC Rs …

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March 1, 2018