NHAI lines up 17 highway assets spanning 1,692 km for monetisation in FY27National Highways Authority of India plans to monetize 17 highway assets spanning over 1,600 km in FY 2026-27. These stretches are located ...
28 May, 2026, 04.27 PM IST
Shiv Sena MP pitches virtual panel meets, eyes ₹100 crore savingShiv Sena MP Milind Deora proposes shifting parliamentary committee and PSU review meetings online. This move could save the government app...
12 May, 2026, 12.03 AM IST
After winning poll battles, Modi has picked up a new fightAmidst rising crude oil prices and a weakening rupee, Prime Minister Modi has urged Indians to embrace austerity. His call to reduce fuel c...
11 May, 2026, 01.16 PM IST
Jan Suraksha revamp: PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY may see increase in sum insuredThe government is contemplating a substantial expansion of insurance benefits within its renowned Jan Suraksha initiatives. This strategy i...
08 May, 2026, 01.28 PM IST
Parliamentary Panels flag ministries’ budget gaps: Funds cut at RE stage, still unspentParliamentary committees have flagged a consistent trend of central ministries failing to spend allocated budgets, leading to significant f...
03 May, 2026, 12.39 AM IST
Something is going seriously wrong with the US Navy: After the USS Gerald Ford fire comes another crisis — Navy warship Higgins goes dark for hoursAfter the Gerald Ford Fire, the USS Higgins goes dark, and the US Navy's crisis deepens. A guided-missile destroyer loses all power and pro...
01 May, 2026, 10.31 PM IST
Amid Mythos concerns, FM Nirmala Sitharaman asks financial sector to be 'exceptionally vigilant'Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for heightened cybersecurity vigilance across the financial sector. She highlighted that adv...
25 Apr, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
Budget 2026 should back processing, recycling of critical minerals: Deloitte India reportThe upcoming Union Budget 2026 should expand its focus beyond exploration and mining to include targeted support for processing and recycli...
15 Jan, 2026, 12.37 PM IST
J&K budget utilisation 27% less in 2020-21: CAGThe CAG recommended that the government should explore ways to minimise its committed expenditure so that more funds could be made availabl...
09 Aug, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
Economic impact assessment essential before distribution of freebies: SC toldEconomic impact assessment is essential before distribution of freebies, the Supreme Court has been told by a petitioner who has sought con...
09 Aug, 2022, 02.45 PM IST
Fresh row over Rs 41k crore sops for electronic makersThe Department of Revenue and the handset industry, backed by the IT ministry, are at odds over the implementation of the much-touted Rs 41...
03 Apr, 2020, 07.23 AM IST
Revenue department, industry at odds over manufacturing scheme implementation“The (outgoing) Merchandise Exports Incentive Scheme (MEIS) was a duty credit scrip. These scrips were automatically linked to exports, onc...
02 Apr, 2020, 08.30 PM IST
Government fails to devise mechanism to fix budgetary deficienciesGovernment has failed to devise any effective mechanism to overcome deficiencies in existing system of budgetary planning and control, a Pa...
31 Jul, 2015, 09.43 PM IST
- Parliamentary panel's concern over fund crunch for MEA
A Par panel said it was "appalled" to know that due to budgetary constraints, it was unable to implement the decision to give USD 100 mn gr...
26 Apr, 2013, 09.20 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
- 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
- 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