Agriculture Budget News
Budget: A missed opportunity is the biggest cost burden that India must bear
It did a good job on many fronts but let the country down on badly needed market reforms in India’s farm sector. When will state intervention recede so that price signals get a chance to work?
4 min read16 Feb 2025Around 73 per cent of India’s agriculture budget is allocated for subsidies and welfare schemes: ICRIER
The focus of Budget 2024 is mainly on welfare measures and subsidies, such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and food and fertiliser subsidies. However, according to the report, these initiatives have not addressed the underlying issue of low rural incomes.
2 min read2 Aug 2024Govt pegs food subsidy outgo for FY25 at ₹2.05 tr; breaches ₹2 tr for FY24
The government has overshot its budget estimate for FY24, with the food subsidy bill already at ₹2.12 trillion
2 min read1 Feb 2024Budget 2024 Key Highlights: Income tax, infra, railways, EVs and more - 15 key takeaways from FM Sitharaman’s speech
Budget 2024 Key Highlights: The Interim Union Budget for the financial year 2024-25 was tabled in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier today. From income tax to green energy and tourism, let’s take a look at the 14 key highlights of the 2024 Interim Budget.
11 min read1 Feb 2024Budget 2024: 11.8 crore farmers provided financial assistance under PM Kisan Yojana; MSP for ’Annadata’ raised, says FM
Budget 2024: The FM said that crop insurance is given to 4 crore farmers under PM Fasal Bima Yojana and is assisting them in producing food.
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared