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Bhubaneswar, April 10 The Odisha government on Friday announced the Atal Bus Stand scheme to establish bus stands across the state, with a budgetary allocation of Rs 3,400 crore for a period of six years.The proposed modern bus stands will feature facilities such as digital information display...

New Delhi, April 8 The government on Wednesday approved a 12 per cent increase in subsidies for phosphate and potash (P&K) fertilizers for the Kharif 2026 season to ₹41,534 crore, in order to protect farmers from rising global prices amid the conflict in West Asia.The subsidy for P&K...

Potassium fertilizers. Addressing the media in New Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the estimated budgetary requirement for the 2026 monsoon season would be approximately 41,533 crore rupees.He explained that this decision would ensure the availability...

Tiruvallur (Tamil Nadu), April 7 DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi said that the opposition AIADMK will make many promises to attract voters, but will not fulfill them.She said that the party had promised free mobile phones in the past, but had not provided them to anyone."The AIADMK...

Jaipur, April 7 – Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led state government on Tuesday over the slow progress of the Marwar Medical University project, alleging that the BJP administration has failed to protect the interests of the region.In the...

New Delhi, April 2 The government informed the Parliament on Thursday that there are 414 protected monuments and areas under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) that are "experiencing encroachment".Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, in a written response...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 – The Odisha Legislative Assembly passed the Appropriation Bill for the 2026–27 financial year on Tuesday, even as opposition MLAs staged a walkout.With its passage, the government obtained the legal authority to withdraw and spend the budgetary allocation of ₹3.10 lakh...

New Delhi, March 28 – Delhi Minister for Social Welfare and Welfare of SC/ST/OBC, Ravindra Indraj Singh, expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday for the budgetary allocation of Rs 80 crore under the Improvement Scheme for SC/ST colonies.He stated that this decision...

New Delhi, March 24 The Delhi Budget 2026-27, presented by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta in the Assembly on Tuesday, allocated Rs 3,942 crore to the power department, including Rs 3,500 crore for subsidy payments and Rs 200 crore for undergrounding overhead wires.The budget also proposes the...

New Delhi, March 18 Observing that Rajasthan and West Bengal are lagging in providing tap water to schools and Anganwadis, a parliamentary standing committee has asked the Centre to coordinate with these states to expedite the work and enhance coverage.In its report, the Parliamentary Standing...

New Delhi, March 15 A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over the budgetary allocation for the Department of Rural Development for the 2026-27 fiscal, noting that while the total outlay has increased by 21 per cent, the bulk of the increase is earmarked for the new VB-GRAMG scheme.The...

Dehradun, March 13 A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has highlighted the role of implementing agencies in Uttarakhand for the failure of the Centre's 'Namami Gange' programme to achieve the desired results in the state.The report stated that under the flagship programme...

Dehradun, March 13 A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has highlighted the role of implementing agencies in Uttarakhand for the failure of the Centre's 'Namami Gange' programme to achieve its desired results in the state.The report stated that under the flagship programme...

New Delhi, March 12 The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the scheme to incubate eight new cities cannot be implemented as the tenure of the 15th Finance Commission is set to end on March 31 of this year.The Rs 8,000-crore grant provided by the...

Gandhinagar, March 10 The Gujarat government has made a "historic" budgetary allocation of ₹1,331 crore with the aim of transforming the state into a sports hub and developing Ahmedabad as an "Olympic-ready" city, cabinet minister Jitu Vaghani informed the legislative assembly on Tuesday...

New Delhi, February 26 The Railways will engage innovators, start-ups, industry and institutions under the new Rail Tech Policy to promote innovation and also digitize the railway claims tribunal to benefit claimants who can file their cases from anywhere with 24x7 availability, Railway Minister...

Bhubaneswar, February 21 A day after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi presented the Odisha Budget, the opposition BJD on Saturday claimed that the state government’s attempt to take credit by increasing the budget size to Rs 3.10 lakh crore is "unacceptable," as it is effectively negative when...

Jammu, February 17 The Jammu and Kashmir government announced on Tuesday the launch of a "Viksit village project" aimed at the holistic development of rural areas across all assemblies in the Union territory, with a significant budgetary allocation under the 2026-27 capital expenditure...

New Delhi, February 13 Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien pointed out on Friday that no minority groups were mentioned in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech, stating that the word "minority shareholders" was only used once during her 85-minute-long speech.Accusing the...