FINANCE Minister Raghavji presented Rs 65,845-crore Budget in the MadhyaPradeshAssembly on Thursday, saying that for the first time more than half of that amount will be spent on the poor.

The Budget for 20112012, Raghavji's eighth exercisesincetheBJPcameto powerin2003,isanincrease of 28 per cent over the last Budget of 2010-11.

PATNA: With the Bihar legislature's budget session beginning on Tuesday, checking corruption and procuring power, along with increased spending on education, agriculture and health care are the prime focus of the State budget to be presented by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on February 25.

In his inaugural address to both Houses of the legislature, Governor Debanand Konwar said 394 ca

New Delhi: Indicating a new-found determination to stay the course on politically sensitive reforms, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not only defended the recent decontrol of petrol prices but said diesel rates would also be freed of government control.

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One of the main impediments in the large scale and accelerated deployment of solar energy in the coming years is going to be the lack of qualified human resources if urgent corrective steps are not taken now.