Posts Tagged ‘allocation’

London, April 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that there is a need to substantially increase the existing resources for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the tune of 500 billion dollars in the next two years as an interim step and also to double the IMF quota ... Full story

Chennai, Mar 29 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, last night finalised a seat-sharing arrangement with its allies, the Congress, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). According to the deal, the Congress will contest 15 Tamil Nadu seats and one seat in Puducherry, the VCK, a Dalit party, got two seats and the IUML got one. The arrangement has left 21 seats ... Full story

Hyderabad, Mar 25 (PTI) Nine workers of the Telugu Desam Party attempted suicide in different incidents protesting against the ticket distribution for the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh next month, even as the party released two lists containing 91 names in all, sources said. However, nothing untoward has happened, reports reaching here said. Two party workers from Anantapur district tried to immolate themselves near the residence ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar. 14 (ANI): Home Minister P Chidambaram has issued a legal notice against CPI MLA Gunasekaran for alleging that he had supported allocation of 500 acres of government land to a private company in his constituency Sivaganga. "It is a total lie to say that 500 acres of land has been gifted to a private company. Some political parties are accustomed to reeling out ... Full story

Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24 (ANI): Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said the Government has approved a first stimulus package of twenty million ringgits for the training of Indian youths. The Human Resource Ministry has identified various appropriate skills training programmes to be offered by private institutions under the package. "With the money, we will buy places for the youths, especially to give opportunities to ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): Indian Inc on Monday gave mixed reactions to the Interim Budget 2009-10, as proposed by acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Parsvnath Developers Chairman Pradeep Jain said, "It was a completely non-event. It was more like a political statement than an interim ... Full story

Mumbai, Feb 16 (ANI): Market analysts in Mumbai believe that growth remains the primary concern for the Indian economy as the government tries to stimulate demand. With elections just months away, the government sought to highlight its economic achievements while presenting the interim budget for 2009-10 on Monday. A key ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 16, (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday announced an allocation of Rs. 30,100 crore for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for the year 2009-10 and said the scheme has made a significant contribution in providing employment. "Adequate funds have been ensured for the flagship programmes. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme gets Rs. 30,100 crore for the year 2009-10. ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): In the Interim Budget 2009-10, the total expenditure has been proposed at Rs. 953,231 crore. Of this, Rs. 285,149 crore is under Plan and Rs. 668,082 crore under the Non-Plan sector. The total Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for the plan is 17.16 per cent higher in nominal terms than the GBS Plan for the BE 2008-09. The budgetary support to ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): In the Interim Budget 2009-10, the allocation for Defence has been increased to Rs.1, 41,703 crore. The total revised expenditure for 2008-09 was Rs.1, 14,600 crore. The Plan expenditure will be to the tune of Rs.86,879 crore against Rs.73,600 crore and will include Rs. 54,824 crore for capital expenditure as against Rs.41,000 crore in the RE for 2008-09. The raise ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): Acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Interim Budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha today. The highlights are as follow: Rs 40,000 crore relief extended through tax cuts to counter economic slowdown. Budgetary support increased for Ministries of Rural Development, Road Transport and Highway, Power, Railways, Industrial Policy and Promotion and IT. Defence allocation increased to Rs1,41,703 crore in wake of ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): India has signed a Financing Agreement of National Vector Borne Disease Control and Polio Eradication Support Project with the World Bank, here today. The agreement is for a total assistance of approximately 518 million dollar as part of IDA allocation to India. The project aims at enhancing the effectiveness of government response to control malaria, eliminate Kala Azar and eradicate ... Full story