Nirmala Sitharaman announces Rs 500 crore contingency fund for Manipur in Lok SabhaFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs 500 crore fund for Manipur to establish a contingency fund. This comes as the state cont...
11 Mar, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
FinMin seeks expenditure proposals for 2nd supplementary demands for grants for FY25The finance ministry has requested expenditure proposals for the final batch of supplementary demands for grants for FY25 from various mini...
05 Feb, 2025, 08.45 PM IST
Size of RBI's balance sheet up 6.99 per cent for nine months to March 2021While income for the year decreased by 10.96 per cent, the expenditure decreased by 63.10 per cent, as per the RBI's Annual Report for 2020...
27 May, 2021, 08.22 PM IST
Maharashtra cabinet nod to raise contingency fund to Rs 5,350 croreOf the total corpus, Rs 5,000 crore will be earmarked for providing relief to farmers affected by unseasonal rains and Rs 350 crore for exp...
11 Dec, 2019, 07.50 PM IST
Post-record payout to government, contingency fund plunges to Rs 1.96 lakh crore: RBI annual reportThe balance in the contingency fund as of June 30, 2019 was Rs 1,96,344 crore, RBI's annual report said.
29 Aug, 2019, 10.36 PM IST
Golden rule for financial success: Spend what is left after savingSometimes the need for instant gratification is so high that we use credit cards to indulge.
11 May, 2018, 09.30 PM IST
Liquid funds vs savings account: Where to park your emergency fund?Not very long ago, liquid schemes were the obvious choice for building a contingency fund. However, the situation has changed now.
13 Nov, 2017, 06.41 PM IST
Bihar cabinet okays reservations in outsourced servicesAmong other proposals approved at today's meeting were allocation of Rs 150.64 crore for setting up of eight training centres at many Bihar...
01 Nov, 2017, 04.42 PM IST
How mothers-to-be can secure finances to prepare better for childcare costsIf you are a working woman who is planning to start a family, here are the steps you should take to secure your finances before going on ma...
03 May, 2017, 10.58 AM IST
Maharashtra spent Rs 8 crore from contingency fund for publicity on PM's programmesPWD Department stated that the amount was withdrawn from the contingency fund (CF) since the expenditure was of an "urgent nature".
07 Mar, 2017, 01.15 PM IST
Rs 2,349.79 crore deficit budget presented in Assam Assembly"This, together with the opening deficit of Rs 1,982.60 crore, will lead to a budget deficit of Rs 2,349.79 crore at the end of the financi...
07 Feb, 2017, 03.15 PM IST
- What is Contingency Fund?
Contingency Fund is created as an imprest account to meet some urgent or unforeseen expenditure of the government.
23 Jan, 2017, 01.03 PM IST
Finance Ministry asks departments to submit proposals for Supplementary GrantsThe Supplementary Demands for Grants would be introduced in Parliament in the upcoming Winter Session likely to commence in November.
26 Sep, 2016, 10.54 PM IST
Bihar Contingency Fund (Amendment) Bill passed in AssemblyLegislative Assembly today approved the Bihar Contingency Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2015 among four bills on the penultimate day of the budget...
21 Apr, 2015, 09.31 PM IST
Maharashtra to hike contingency fund limit to Rs 1,000 croreIn December 2012, the limit of contingency fund was extended from Rs 150 crore to Rs 550 crore. However, it was a temporary arrangement for...
30 Apr, 2014, 01.52 AM IST
Odisha government increases corpus of contingency fund to Rs 1,900 croreThe Odisha government today decided to increase the corpus of Odisha Contingency Fund (OCF) from Rs 400 crore to Rs 1900 crore.
07 Nov, 2013, 10.07 PM IST
- Contingency fund limit raised to Rs 500 crore
Wiser after the tsunami experience, the Central government has revised an archaic limit on its own imprest money, by raising it from Rs 50 ...
10 Mar, 2005, 11.44 PM IST