Centre may rejig spending to meet FY27 fiscal deficit targetThe Indian government is looking at shifting its spending priorities. This is to manage new expenditure needs arising from supply chain iss...
09 Apr, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius Horoscope Today – 6th April 2026: Major Transformation And Smart Decisions AheadToday emphasizes mastering deep transformations and intense responsibilities through disciplined resilience. With the Moon continuing in Sc...
05 Apr, 2026, 10.24 PM IST
Tighter fiscal policy in works with capex outlay at 3% of GDPThe government plans to enhance financial discipline and align budget allocations to reduce the debt ratio by seven percentage points by FY...
07 Mar, 2025, 12.07 AM IST
Who is Russell Vought, key architect of Project 2025 and Director of the Office of Management and BudgetThe Senate confirmed Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, solidifying his role in shaping federal spending. H...
04 Mar, 2025, 05.25 PM IST
View: Budget’s war plan against inflation is heroic on economic as well as political frontsNirmala Sitharaman has delivered beyond what was expected. The budgetary allocation for infrastructure investment has been raised by an imp...
02 Feb, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
Maintain budgetary discipline: Parliamentary Panel to finance, defence ministryThe committee, headed by Lok Sabha member K V Thomas, suggested that the ministries and departments should find effective ways for obtainin...
31 Mar, 2017, 09.07 PM IST
Home Ministry asks officials to ensure financial disciplineThe finance ministry has enforced expenditure cuts across government departments at the RE stage, in an effort to achieve the fiscal defici...
22 Jan, 2015, 04.34 AM IST
Facing budget cuts, MHA says Fin Min keeping eye on expenditureHome Ministry has asked its officials to ensure expenditure in the current fiscal in no case exceeds the Revised Expenditure ceiling fixed ...
21 Jan, 2015, 07.17 PM IST
Fiscal consolidation with quality focus crucial: RBIGross fiscal deficit widened in the first eight months of the current fiscal, but the government maintained it will meet the budgetary targ...
29 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
'India's economic turmoil resulted from neglect of inflation'Recent economic turmoil is due to a neglect of inflation and 'serious' fiscal adjustments are needed to fix the problem.
02 Oct, 2013, 09.02 PM IST
- Railway budgetary mechanism faulty: CAG
The CAG report of the fiscal 2010-11 also found railways at fault for not presenting any of the statements of fiscal policy in Parliament a...
15 May, 2012, 05.08 PM IST
- EU executive backs eurobonds as way out of crisis
The European Commission backed the introduction of jointly issued eurobonds, coupled with stricter budgetary discipline.
24 Nov, 2011, 10.05 AM IST
- Euro’s redemption steps unlikely to be sufficient
A decade after the euro’s birth, Greece revealed glaring defects in the design of the common currency. Existing rules failed to prevent the...
19 Nov, 2010, 05.41 AM IST
- PAC pulls up finance ministry for excess spends
The Public Accounts Committee has pulled up the finance ministry for incurring excess expenditure and asked it to overhaul the budgetary me...
19 Dec, 2009, 01.22 AM IST
- Budget countdown: Fund crunch may cripple lower mass appeal plans
A resource crunch may leave poor labourers, higher educational institutes, railways and the power sector high and dry.
19 Feb, 2008, 12.58 AM IST
- India elected to Independent Audit Advisory Committee
India has been elected to the newly established Independent Audit Advisory Committee, a five-member body which is expected to contribute to...
03 Nov, 2007, 10.00 AM IST
- Planning Commission meet on fiscal discipline
The Planning Commission argued that not much budgetary resources will be available with it and with the Centre to spend in 2007-08 if FRBM ...
16 Oct, 2006, 07.00 PM IST