IN recent years, the Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament during the Budget session before the presentation of the Union Budget, has come to be viewed as a foreteller of the government

lTo commence new entertainment facilities like Zorb ball, radio control cars, skate board, gas balloon tourism, dirt course of motorbikes, etc
lTo set up INsstitute for Adminstrative Careers to prepare Goan youth for all-Indian competitive exams.
lAppointment of Laboratory Assistants in all high schools.
lUpper limit of Goa Scholar scheme raised to Rs 6 lakh

P. S. Suryanarayana

SINGAPORE: Singapore companies

Calls for Rs 41-lakh-crore investments in infrastructure.

Indrani Dutta

KOLKATA: Presenting the 2010-11 Budget in the State Assembly on Monday, West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Kumar Dasgupta unveiled a financial statement that laid priority on minority affairs and madrasa education, backward classes' and women's development and emphasis on job creation.

Nayanima Basu / New Delhi March 23, 2010, 1:22 IST

Notwithstanding the widespread protest against the proliferation of special economic zones (SEZs) in the country, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is organising a seminar on the tax-free conclaves in Singapore tomorrow in order to rope in global investors.

Raghavendra Kamath / Mumbai March 22, 2010, 0:23 IST

High-value land deals are back in the country

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) will invest over Rs.1,200 crore on land acquisition and development of industrial infrastructure during the next financial year, an official spokesman said here on Sunday.

SHIMLA: Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Thursday presented the Economic Survey 2009-10 for the State in the Vidhan Sabha.

It projects a growth rate of 7.5 per cent for the current financial year whereas the corresponding growth rate for the same period at the national level was 7.2 per cent.