India's fertiliser subsidy bill for FY27 may rise by Rs 70,000 cr on West Asia crisis, official saysIndia's fertiliser subsidy bill could rise by Rs 70,000 crore to Rs 2.41 lakh crore in 2026-27. This increase is driven by higher import co...
18 May, 2026, 04.58 PM IST
Union Budget: Allocation of Rs 3,350 crore for Ministry of Minority AffairsThe Ministry of Minority Affairs in India has received an allocation of Rs 3,350 crore in the Union Budget for 2025-26, marking an increase...
01 Feb, 2025, 09.56 PM IST
Investment outlay in infrastructure sector augur well for road construction companiesThe Union Budget proposes to raise investment outlay in infrastructure by more than three times to Rs 10 lakh for FY24 crore compared with ...
02 Feb, 2023, 12.30 AM IST
Fertiliser subsidy for 2022-23 is less than expected, says ICRAThe steep rise in prices of fertilisers, the key input for agricultural output, has not only increased the cost of production for farmers, ...
01 Feb, 2022, 09.38 PM IST
Cut in allocation for DPIIT in Budget 2019-20According to the budget documents, the allocation for the department has been slashed to Rs 5,674.51 crore for 2019-20 from the revised est...
06 Jul, 2019, 07.22 PM IST
Ministry of Home Affairs budget exceeds Rs 1 lakh crore for the first timeInterim finance minister allocated Rs 1,03,927 crore to the MHA, Rs 10,477 crore more than that for the previous year.
02 Feb, 2019, 08.22 AM IST
Parliamentary panel pulls up DoP, NPPA for poor budgetary planningWhile pulling up the NPPA for under utilisation of allocated funds, the committee asked the autonomous body to take "sincere steps to optim...
18 Mar, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
Budget 2018 makes record allocations to infra sectors, no new projects announcedThe Budget, however, laid thrust on taking up rural infrastructure projects and expediting the already announced projects.
01 Feb, 2018, 02.56 PM IST
'Enhanced budget allocation to infra will boost order inflow'Central government has retained its focus on infrastructure development by increasing allocation towards the sector with focus on key segme...
03 Mar, 2017, 10.15 PM IST
Budget 2016: Highway Ministry expects 25 per cent rise in allocationFor 2015-16, the allocation in budget estimate was around Rs 45,500 crore and another Rs 1,400 crore was provided in the revised estimate s...
28 Feb, 2016, 10.42 AM IST
Armed forces' modernisation not to be hit by budget cut: GovernmentThe modernisation plan of the armed forces will not be affected by the reduction in the defence budget in the current year: Government.
04 Mar, 2013, 06.50 PM IST
- 12th Plan: Finance ministry offers 5% hike in budgetary support; panel seeks at least 10%
The finance ministry is resisting a Planning Commission proposal for a 10% increase in the budgetary support for the first year of the Twel...
06 Feb, 2012, 02.12 AM IST
- Gross budgetary support may rise
Caught in a dilemma of adhering to fiscal prudence and ensuring funds for promised pro-aam aadmi schemes, UPA government is expected to go ...
18 Jan, 2010, 01.22 PM IST
- Gross budgetary support may rise
Sources said finance ministry has promised the Planning Commission of at least 15% increases in planned expenditure putting the figure at R...
18 Jan, 2010, 05.21 AM IST
- Government may hike FY-11 budget support by 15%
The UPA dispensation is also under pressure to ensure funds for new schemes, which have been announced but are yet to be implemented , like...
12 Jan, 2010, 05.17 AM IST
- I&B ministry gets Rs 1,910 crore for the current fiscal
A sum of Rs 1,910 crore has been allocated to the ministry for Information and Broadcasting (I&B) for the year 2008-09
17 Apr, 2008, 01.33 AM IST
- Department of Economic Affairs gets a meaty pie
Even as Finance Minister Jaswant Singh sought to prune plan expenditure of all central ministries in the run-up to preparing the expenditur...
04 Mar, 2003, 12.10 AM IST