Tag: Budget

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

HP Assembly readies for first Budget session

Himachal Pradesh Assembly in Shimla is being readied for the first budget session of the 13th Legislative Assembly, beginning 6 March. While a portion of the Assembly is being re-done ahead of the session, Speaker, Dr Rajeev Bindal has directed the officials for foolproof arrangements, including flawless security. After the formation of Bharatiya Janata Party …

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February 28, 2018

Manohar Parrikar returns home, presents budget in Goa Assembly

A frail appearing Manohar Parrikar on Thursday presented the state budget in Goa Assembly, almost a week after he was hospitalised to a pancreas-related ailment. Parrikar was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital on February 15 and after being treated for a week, returned to Goa on Thursday morning. The Goa Chief Minister landed at Dabolim …

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February 22, 2018

Manohar Parrikar arrives in Goa, might table budget

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar arrived here on Thursday after he was discharged from Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital where he was hospitalised since February 15 for a pancreas-related ailment. Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo told reporters at the state Assembly complex, that Parrikar landed at Goa’s Dabolim International Airport at around 11.40 a.m., and headed for his …

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February 22, 2018

Guj Budget seeks to woo Patels; liquor prices up

Partially succumbing to the demands of the Patels, the Gujarat government on Tuesday allocated Rs 506 crore for the welfare of educationally and economically backward families of all classes not enjoying the benefits of reservation. This was announced here on Tuesday by State Finance Minister Nitin Patel while presenting the Budget proposals for 2018-19. However, …

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February 20, 2018

Security breach marks Gujarat Assembly session

The Budget session of Gujarat Legislative Assembly began on Monday with a security breach as a few cars without proper number plates managed to enter the parking lot of the complex recently renovated at a cost of Rs 135 crore. One SUV, without any number plates on either side, was seen parked within about 100 …

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February 20, 2018

State records increased revenue collection

The state has recorded increased revenue collection and budget utilisation till January of the current fiscal showing improved overall fiscal performance in comparision to the corresponding period of the previous financial year, claimed official sources here on Monday. A review in this regard was conducted by chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Monday. Padhi directed …

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February 14, 2018

A state of flux

The Budget session of Parliament has gone into a month’s recess. We will be spared the low-brow theatrics and Surpanakha cackles that are the demeaning leitmotif of Parliamentary proceedings. The Presiding Officers, routinely targeted as partisan by the Opposition, by turns cajoled and sought to shame the “honourable” Members into more becoming behaviour with “the …

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February 14, 2018

Chorus of dissent against budget grows: Chidambaram

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the chorus of dissent against the 2018-19 budget has grown and even economists of the government and the RBI Governor have spoken against its provisions. In a series of tweets, he said that former NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya had spoken against the protectionist custom duties and …

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February 13, 2018

Defence hopes dashed~I

While the government has increased the defence budget for fiscal 2018-19 by 5.91 per cent to Rs 2,95,511.41 crore, the allocation is estimated at around 1.58 per cent of the GDP ~ the lowest since 1962. This has once again dashed hopes for any major jump in military modernisation despite heightened tensions confronting Pakistan and …

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February 9, 2018

Uproar in UP House as Budget session begins

Uproarious scenes marked the Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik’s address to the joint sitting of the House in the Vidhan Sabha on the opening day of the budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature on Thursday. The Budget session was also the first session of 2018. As the combined Opposition took the Yogi Adityanath government …

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February 9, 2018

Arun Jaitley’s Budget reply cut short by opposition protest

The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Thursday evening without Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s budget reply being over, amid ruckus by opposition members. A unique scene was also witnessed shortly before the House was adjourned when members from Telugu Desam Party (TDP), who had been standing near the Speaker’s podium with placards through his reply so …

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February 8, 2018