The focus is likely to be on consolidation and improvement of existing rural-centric programmes to ensure their completion ahead of the next general elections in 2019, rather than announcement of......
Modi govt faces extra spending burden due to policies like 7th Pay Commission and OROP With less than 40 days left for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget 2016-17, its makers are......
Allocation boost likely for schemes on agriculture, irrigation, rural roads In a move to boost rural consumption and alleviate distress in the hinterland, the government is likely to give......
The savings would be better spent and might actually reach the poor, says Rahul Khullar, in the second of two articles. Simple proposals to reform subsidies and redirect expenditure can yield......
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......