The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers and petroleum are estimated to decline by 39 per cent to Rs 4,33,108 crore this fiscal and fall further by 27 per cent to nearly Rs 3.18 lakh crore......
Enthused by rising potato prices after a prolonged slump, Pradeep Sharma was planning to sow the crop on his 15-acre farm near Agra slightly earlier than usual. The delayed departure of the......
Balance the corporate expectations while at the same time being populist, says Milan ParekhWhen the Finance Minister P Chidambaram would be presenting the Union Budget 2013-14, there lay a plethora......
Finance Minister P Chidambaram might be able to offer higher food subsidy in the Budget for 2013-14, as the government will be able to cut fertiliser subsidy, thanks to falling international prices......
The government has pegged its outgo on food, fuel and fertiliser subsidies in the 2012-13 fiscal at over Rs 1.79 lakh crore, nearly 14 per cent lower than the revised estimates for the current......