budget

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked his party MPs to aggressively defend the land acquisition bill saying that it is pro-farmer, sources said. According to sources, the prime minister said at the parliamentary party meeting of the…

Describing the fundamental tenet of the fundamental tenet of the Narendra Modi-led government as "sabka saath, sabka vikaas" (all together for all-round development) President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the latest estimates of India's…

President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the land acquisition Act has been "refined" to minimise some procedural difficulties in acquiring land for critical projects and that inclusive growth is government's topmost priority. Addressing a…

The positive sentiments of growth and development and change in job outlook has been charting at the top ever since the unprecedented mandate to the Modi government in the parliamentary elections of 2014. The business friendly measures and…

With economic data before the union budget on Feb 28 showing inflation at a five-year low, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan can perhaps indulge in a belated celebration of his birthday that fell Feb 3 when he maintained the RBI…

Hike in personal income tax exemption limit to Rs.3 lakh, deduction for housing loans up to Rs.5 lakh and upward revision in the medical reimbursement allowance are among the main expectations of salaried individuals from the budget…

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday urged the Centre to increase allocation of fertilisers to the state to safeguard the interest of farming community. "Taking into account the cropping pattern and soil fertility level, it is…

Odisha stands at fourth from the bottom in per capital income in India, as per the recent Odisha Economic Survey Report 2014-15. The development project of the state government proved just hype not more than that as the state ranked low…

Odisha Finance Minister Pradip Amat Sunday questioned the findings of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) which exposed the irregularities and misdeeds of the state government in several audit reports. The opposition Congress and…

Odisha cabinet on Friday approved the draft Odisha Budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 to be presented in the state assembly on Feb 16. The cabinet meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. In the meeting, the chief minister…