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UP budget 2018: Yogi Adityanath govt presents Rs4.28 trillion budget, 11.4% higher than last fiscal

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath describes the budget as progress-oriented and asserts that his government was committed to the development of the state

1 min read16 Feb 2018
Industry

Budget 2018: Infrastructure sector gets a Rs5.97 trillion push

Budget 2018 levies Rs8 per litre road and infrastructure cess to raise funds, state-owned firms to tap equity and bond markets for more resources

3 min read2 Feb 2018
Opinion

Budget 2018: India is inching towards universal health coverage

Proposals of National Health Policy under Ayushman Bharat announced in Union Budget 2018 provide the thrust for India's journey towards universal health coverage

2 min read2 Feb 2018
Opinion

Union Budget 2018 unlikely to improve ‘ease of living’

One can say the budget is a new and evolving political statement, but one that is unlikely to improve Indians' 'ease of living'

4 min read2 Feb 2018
Education

Education outlay in Budget 2018 set at Rs85,010 crore

The budgetary allocation for education is less than 4% higher than revised budget estimate for fiscal 2018

3 min read2 Feb 2018
Politics

Focusing on railway funds from monetisation and not budget: Piyush Goyal

Railway minister Piyush Goyal says his ministry may not even need whatever has been proposed in the budget as the railways have aggressive monetisation plans

1 min read13 Jan 2018
Budget 2015

Budget 2015 gives more funds to CBI

India’s premier investigation agency receives increase of around 10% in budgetary allocation

1 min read28 Feb 2015
Politics

The clean India conundrum

Accountability Initiative examines the potential of the Swachh Bharat Mission and makes a case for a low budget allocation in 2015

1 min read25 Feb 2015
Opinion

Accounting for toilets, but no accountability for sanitation

The one thing India doesn't need in the budget is a big financial outlay for sanitation

5 min read28 Feb 2015
Opinion

Pull, not push, to open up spending

The government needs to build a central expenditure hub linked to multiple expenditure units so that it can directly pull money into its account

5 min read23 Feb 2015
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