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The total scheme budget is Rs.73.58 crore, out of which Rs.49.08 crore will be the Government assistance and the balance amount will be contributed by the beneficiaryMSMEs. About 200 clusters will be covered under the scheme. To bring the MSME sector and design expertise into a common platform. To provide expert advice and solutions to design problems, resulting in continuous improvement and value [...]
Car buyers should pay the market price for diesel, bringing it closer to the price of petrol. In the process, the scramble for diesel cars will be kept in check, resulting in lower consumption, and keeping oil companies happier. It is barely 10 days since the Budget was presented and two significant announcements have already been made. The first was [...]
The field-work of the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) has already commenced in 31 States/UTs. So far, enumerator’s data collection has been completed in more than 8 lakh 25 thousand census enumeration blocks of these States/UTs. The dates of field-work for the remaining four States, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are being finalized by the nodal Ministry [...]
As per Economic Survey 2011-12, the health expenditure by General Government (Central and State Government combined) as percentage of the GDP is 1.30 (BE) in 2011-12. The expenditure by State Governments on health sector is important in raising the overall public expenditure on health sector. Presently, States and Union Territories together account for about two third of total health outlay. The [...]
As far as the, Conventional plans of Life Insurance policies are concerned, there is a growth of 11% in policies and 22% in premium as on 29.02.2012, whereas, there is a degrowth on the Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) which is a trend among the whole insurance industry. This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri [...]
The Tendulkar Committee for the first time recommended use of implicit prices derived from quantity and value data collected in household consumer expenditure surveys for computing and updating the poverty lines. Tendulkar Committee developed a methodology using implicit prices for estimating state wise poverty lines for the year 2004-05. Using these poverty lines and distribution of monthly per capita consumption [...]
During the last three years (2008-09 to 2010-11) and current year 2011-12 (upto 13.3.2012) 33 fighter aircrafts which includes 01 Jaguar, 02 Mirage-2000, 03 Sukhoi-30 and 27 MIG series aircraft (including 16 MIG-21 series) and 10 helicopters of Indian Air Force (IAF) have crashed. In the above accidents 26 defence personnel including 13 pilots have lost their lives. In addition [...]
ASSOCHAM today urged the government to review withdrawal of an investment benefit provision consisting of deduction from investing in long-term infrastructure bonds with a five-year lock-in period. An amount of Rs 20,000 was eligible to be reduced from taxable income of an individual. In its pre-Budget representation to the government, The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) [...]
In the Union Budget 2013-13 tabled in the Lok Sabha an allocation of Rs.1000 crore to National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) has been proposed. It has been stated in the budget speech that in 2011-12 National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) approved 26 new projects, thereby doubling the number of projects sanctioned since 2009 to 52, with a total funding commitment [...]
If unofficial sobriquets could be turned official, Michelle Satter would be called the Godmother of creative cinema. After mentoring some of the greatest minds of cinema like Quentin Tarantino and Darren Aronofsky, she has now set her eyes on India. After 31 years of existence and an extended presence in a lot of countries, Satter, the Founding Director of the [...]
Given the ferocity of the debate in Parliament over the poverty data released by the Planning Commission, it appears the government has shot itself in the foot—more so when it clarified in September that anti-poverty expenditure would be based on the BPL Census and not the Tendulkar panel’s poverty line. It is, of course, true as the data shows that [...]
The Budget 2012-13 has been fair to the health sector. The increased Budget allocation to two flagship programmes of the government — Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) — is noteworthy. The incentives include deduction of up to Rs 5,000 in direct tax for preventive health check-up, indirect and service tax concession to several essential [...]
It’s a story that’s been told again and again in almost all South Asian countries. Be it India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, it’s not uncommon for women in this part of the world to be viciously targeted; inflicted with the most gruesome torture in the form of acid attacks. Although we have all read about such incidents and the plight of [...]
Tourism is not only a growth engine but also an export growth engine and employment generator. According to the Economic Survey 2011-12 presented in Lok Sabha today, the sector has capacity to create large-scale employment both direct and indirect, for diverse sections in society, from the most specialized to unskilled workforce. It provides 6-7 per cent of the world’s total [...]
The present status of the prefeasibility studies for High Speed Rail Projects in the country, corridor-wise, is as under: 1. Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad – The prefeasibility study has been completed 2. Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar – The technical evaluation of the offers has been completed and financial bid is under finalization. 3. Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna – The study is in progress. Consultant has submitted Inception Report, Interim [...]
The Railways have generated Rs. 61215.49 crore of revenue earnings from commodity-wise freight traffic during April 2011 to February 2012 as compared to Rs. 56073.37 crore during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 9.17 per cent. Railways carried 875.60 million tonnes of commodity-wise freight traffic during April 2011 to February 2012 as compared to 832.66 million tonnes [...]
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri R.P.N. Singh informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that as on 1.4.2011, recoverable reserves of crude oil in the country is assessed at 757.4 million metric tonne (MMT) by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC), Oil India Ltd. (OIL) and Private/Joint venture companies. These reserves are [...]
The Government through the Coir Board is undertaking various programmes for the holistic development of both non-traditional and traditional coir products. Efforts for export promotion include technological upliftment through Science & Technology programmes and through the scheme for Skill Development and Rejuvenation, Modernisation and Technological Upgradation (REMOT), in addition to participation in international fairs and events. The coir industry in [...]
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that no charter demands highlighting the priority areas for development of north-eastern region during 1998-2004 was received from Chief Ministers of North East States by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha today [...]
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that out of the total 1385 projects, sanctioned at cost of Rs. 11389.26 crore under the NLCPR scheme and special BTC package, 663 projects at a total cost of Rs. 3726.44 crore have been completed. In a written reply in Rajya [...]
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