Different NGOs working with children are uhappy with the budget for having failed to earmark anything towards safeguarding child rights. The budget has precious little for children other than the marginal increase of funds for the educatio
Eleven convicts in the Godhra train burning case were today handed down death sentence while 20 others were given life imprisonment by a special court in the 2002 incident that left 59 `karsevaks` dead and triggered riots which claimed over 1200 l
While offering some populist sops to the social sector, the union budget for the next fiscal year has failed the aspirations and concerns of the citizens, says the New Delhi-based think tank Centre for Budget and Government Accountability (CBGA).
I read a news report in Times of India on Monday, headlined “Congress responsible for 99 percent corruption in India: Baba Ramdev”. I am very happy that fellow-activist Arv
ImagIndia Institute launched a pan-Indian campaign to clean cities and peri-urban areas across the country on February 28. The campaign was kicked-off at the national capital at Raj Ghat. All photographs by Governance Now photojournali
In a major policy shift, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has proposed direct cash transfer of subsidies for fertilizer, kerosene and LPG to the BPL families. Food subsidy, which has been a contentious issue because of the huge pilferage in the d
An introduction of service tax on the healthcare sector will make it more difficult for the public to afford healthcare, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), an association of doctors, said here in a press release on Monday. An additiona
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Union Carbide Corporation, Dow Chemicals and others on a Centre`s plea seeking enhancement of compensation to the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy from Rs750 crore to Rs7,700 crore. The a
Opposition parties on Monday came down heavily on General Budget 2011-12 dismissing the exercise as “very disappointing and directionless” and said it has failed to address the problems of unemployment and price rise affecting the comm
Opposition parties on Monday came down heavily on General Budget 2011-12 dismissing the exercise as “very disappointing and directionless” and said it has failed to address the problems of unemployment and price rise affecting the comm
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy`s efforts to placate the Congress MLAs from Telangana to give up their agitation, as the centre would make an announcement on the issue in the first week of March, failed to yield any positive resu
The centre on Monday allocated Rs 100 crore for Ladakh region for implementation of various projects identified by a taskforce. The special taskforce for development of Ladakh, headed by Narendra Jadhav, planning commission member,
A new series of coins will be unveiled soon carrying the rupee symbol, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee announced in the budget on Monday. "Indian rupee now has a new symbol, which has been notified for use by the central and
What makes the work on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) appear in a different genre of scholarly work on gender, is that national budgets, policies and budgetary processes come to the centre stage of feminist scrutiny—an area that has hithe
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to raise the income tax exemption limit for general tax payers to Rs 1.80 lakh per annum from Rs 1.60 lakh at present and introduced a high new tax slab for senior citizens of 80 years and above.
Air India`s Chief Operating Officer Capt Gustav Baldauf resigned today, days after being served a show-cause notice over his reported remarks about political interference in the airline`s day-to-day affairs. Baldauf, who was served
The stock market benchmark Sensex has surged by over 277 points mid-way through Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee`s Budget presentation, in which he proposed to keep up the tempo of the disinvestment process and contain inflation to boost the econ
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the Government proposes to introduce the Constitution Amendment Bill in the current session to pave the way for introduction of the long-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
India`s economy will revert to the pre-crisis growth level of 9 per cent in the next financial year. "The Indian economy is expected to grow at 9 per cent with outside band of (+/-) 0.25 per cent in 2011-12, " Finance Mini
In a big relief from cumbersome tax filing process for the salaried class, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to exempt them from filing tax returns unless they have other sources of income. The government will be issu
