Rich nations fudging their pledges: BASIC
NEW DELHI: With the so-called

Budget Speech by Hon'ble Finance Minister.

The Indian economy this year (2010-11) has been characterized by robust economic growth and steady fiscal consolidation. Inflation continues to be high even though it has come down markedly from where it was at the start of the fiscal year. There are structural challenges that face, concerning economic governance, efficiency in delivery of subsidies and building up infrastructure.

Health policy in India, like all public policy, has always been the product of complex political processes.

The government has a plan to reach welfare to the poor without wasting money. It wants to put hard cash in their hands instead of spending on welfare programmes. Down To Earth finds out how cash transfer works and how ready is India for the shift in the delivery of welfare schemes.

Farmers from Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh have taken a lead in taking up National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) while farmers from the states such as West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu have been trailing in subscribing to the crop insurance scheme which has been currently operational across 548 districts.

According to the latest data by minist

Kisan Credit Card Lending May Be Increased By 30%; 2% Interest Subsidy On Timely Loan Repayment May Stay. THE budget for the next fiscal is likely to step up the target for farm credit to . 4,50,000 crore, up 20% from the current year

The finance ministry has met with stiff political opposition from chemicals and fertilisers minister MK Alagiri and state chief ministers to its plan to decontrol the price of the most commonly used fertiliser-urea-from April 1, this year.

Tamil Nadu chief minister K M Karunanidhi and his counterpart in Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal, have written to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee not to decont

The rural distress in Andhra Pradesh has been more than evident in reported incidents of farmers’ suicides and hunger deaths. The incidence of indebtedness, particularly among small and marginal farming households in the state, is the highest in India.

This paper examines potential sources of revenues and analyses, which instruments are most compatible with these sources and the climate objectives.

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