Highlights of the interim budget 2009-2010 Spending on rural economy has reduced by 27% over last year. Spending on agriculture has come down by 44% since last year and stands at 1.64% of gdp against 2.59% last year Spending on education is 0.7% of gdp. The common minimum programme of the upa had promised 6% gdp share for education Public expenditure reduced from 2.59%

How much more money needs to be spent to track turtle trail THE Orissa forest department along with the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun attached transmitters to seven Olive Ridley turtles this year. Last year, the transmitters were on 30 turtles. This practice is carried out to track the movement of the turtles that come to the Orissa coast to breed and nest between November and

The mortgage crisis in the US has not just precipitated a worldwide economic meltdown. It has also made an impact on the English language. The Macquarie Dictionary, widely regarded as the guardian of Australian English, has named the phrase

Chandigarh: The Election Commission of India has issued guidelines for implementation and processing of various projects schemes, rural development programmes by the Central and the state governments. Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Sajjan Singh said all directions regarding the mode of conduct will be issued by the Commission.

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A GROUP of researchers at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) here are trying to come up with a unique index that will help gauge economic governance at the district level. The Economic Governance Index (EGI) will be initially formulated for Tamil Nadu and later extended to other states.

Financial markets across the world lost a whopping $50 trillion, including $9.6 trillion in the developing Asian market, which were the hardest hit by the global economic crisis, a latest ADB report said.

At a meeting of SKS microfinance, one of the fastest-growing microfinance organisations in the world, in rural Hyderabad in February 2009, Mallamma, 42, is busy seeking a loan of Rs 50,000 for her fish business. This would be her second loan after she took a loan of Rs 10,000 last year. She is in an expansion mode and is planning to employ more persons in her fish business.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has submitted a proposal of Rs 49.54 crore before the 13th Finance Commission (TFC) for the all-round development and conservation of biodiversity in Chilika lake.