Budget Allocation

Budget 2018 likely to allocate 15% higher corpus at Rs 8,000 cr to agriculture, farm education

Funds under budget will be used on priority areas with an aim to address country's key farm sector problem and make rapid strides in direction of doubling farmers' income

Union Budget 2017: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan gets good funds but what about water?

There was an expectation that the government would acknowledge the importance of drinking water and make higher allocations for NRDWP in the recent 2017 Budget

Discounting note ban GDP seen 7.1% in FY18; can govt base budget on these numbers?

The numbers in this budget will certainly be interesting to watch

Budget 2016: Despite the Make in India call it is not all that rosy for defence. Here’s why

There will be further bad news for the military, if while preparing the defence budget, the finance minister goes by the recommendation of the 14th Finance Commission

Budget 2016: Highways Ministry wants budget allocation doubled to Rs 85k crore

Faced with an ambitious infrastructure augmentation road map, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry has made a strong pitch for doubling its budget allocation to about Rs 85,000 crore.

Mumbai to soon get 11 lakh new houses

Mumbai is soon to witness around eleven lakh new houses with seven lakh in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) alone.

Misplaced priorities? Budget 2015 doesn't allow govt to take on spread of diseases like swine flu

The budget fails to address the urgent requirements in the healthcare sector

Budget 2015: Jaitley's big push to start-ups but industry remains sceptical