General Budget

Budget merger: Railway Board officials brief Parliamentary panel on implications of govt decision

Railway Board officials briefed a Parliamentary panel on the implications of the government's decision to merge the railway budget with the general budget.

Oct 21, 2016, 19:21 PM IST

Finance Ministry plans to present Budget on February 2, 2017

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Oct 06, 2016, 23:02 PM IST

Finance Ministry keen to present Budget on February 2 or earlier

Looking at advancing the date of Budget presentation to February 2 or even earlier, the Finance Ministry Thursday briefed a Parliamentary panel on the proposed change as also the government's decision to merge railway budget with general budget.

Oct 06, 2016, 16:18 PM IST

Finance Ministry officials to brief MPs on budget reforms

Finance Ministry officials will brief a Parliamentary panel Thursday on the merger of Railway Budget with General Budget and advancing the date of budget presentation.

Oct 05, 2016, 19:51 PM IST

Parliamentary panel to examine merger of budgets

Ending a 92-year-old practice, the Cabinet had decided to scrap a separate budget for railways and merge it with General Budget, presentation of which would be advanced to spur spending and boost the economy.

Sep 25, 2016, 11:34 AM IST

DNA: Analyzing history of Rail Budget and its amalgamation with General Budget

Analyzing history of Rail Budget and its amalgamation with General Budget. Watch complete news story of DNA for getting detailed updates!

Sep 25, 2016, 00:30 AM IST

Cabinet approves amalgamation of Rail Budget with General Budget

Cabinet approves amalgamation of Rail Budget with General Budget. Watch complete news story of Fast 50 for getting detailed updates!

Sep 22, 2016, 10:27 AM IST

DNA: Analyzing the history of Rail Budget and its amalgamation with General Budget.

Analyzing history of Rail Budget and its amalgamation with General Budget. Watch complete news story of DNA for getting detailed updates!

Sep 22, 2016, 00:35 AM IST

Rail-General budget merger: India Inc lauds move, says will aid in faster implementation of decisions

India Inc Wednesday welcomed the government's decision to merge rail budget with the general budget and in-principle to advance the date of its presentation in Parliament from the usual February end.

Sep 21, 2016, 19:48 PM IST

Budget-related decisions of Cabinet: Key things you must know

Know the highlights and implications of the three budget-related decisions taken by the Union Cabinet at a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.

Sep 21, 2016, 18:37 PM IST

Impact of merger of Rail and General Budget on the Indian economy

Impact of merger of Rail and General Budget on the Indian economy. Watch this special segment and get to know more here.

Sep 21, 2016, 15:53 PM IST

Cabinet to consider presenting Budget for 2017-18 on February 1

The Union Cabinet is likely to consider proposal to advance the Union Budget to February 1. It is expected that after the Cabinet's decision on Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs would take final decision on the exact date for the session.

Sep 20, 2016, 21:35 PM IST

Cabinet approval for merger of Rail Budget with Union Budget likely tomorrow

The decision for the merger of Railway Budget with the General Budget is likely to get the official seal at the Union Cabinet meeting which is slated for Wednesday.

Sep 20, 2016, 19:24 PM IST

Centre considering proposal to merge Rail, General Budgets

The Union Finance Ministry has said it has started the process of examining the proposal from the Railway Ministry to merge the Rail Budget with the General Budget, 92 years after the separation took place.

Aug 08, 2016, 11:37 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi to hold NITI Aayog meeting for 15-year vision today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of NITI Aayog on Thursday to give concrete shape to 15-year vision document for accelerating all round development of the country.

Jul 28, 2016, 08:54 AM IST

Niti Aayog to hold consultations today with states on 15-year vision document

The Niti Aayog will hold consultations with the Chief Secretaries of the states on Wednesday to discuss on the formulation of a 15-year vision document for the country, along with a seven-year strategy and three-year action agenda to implement that vision.

Jul 27, 2016, 08:46 AM IST

NITI plans to ready 15-Year Vision by December

Government think tank Niti Aayog plans to complete the preparation of the 15-Year Vision document by December as it wants the next general budget to be guided by the long-term development strategy.

Jul 19, 2016, 21:05 PM IST

Just one Budget? Suresh Prabhu writes to FM Jaitley, seeks merger of two budgets

Prabhu has recommended ending the 92-year-old practice of presenting a separate budget for Railways and sought merger with the General Budget presented by the Finance Minister, said a senior Railway Ministry official.

Jul 14, 2016, 21:25 PM IST

No more Railway Budget! Niti Aayog panel terms it as 'failed' exercise

The committee had said that the separate railway budget should be phased out progressively and merged with the General Budget.

Jun 23, 2016, 11:05 AM IST

From black money to inflation to GDP target - Watch Congress MP Shashi Tharoor take on govt in Parliament

Opposition in Lok Sabha on Thursday accused the government of slashing expenditure on various social sector schemes, cutting food and fertiliser subsidies and burdening the common man through the latest budget by doing nothing to check rising prices.

Mar 10, 2016, 22:18 PM IST