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Opinion

Budget challenges

Budget 2017 will be unique in more ways than one: first, the govt will do away with the taxonomy of plan and non-plan expenditure and two, the union budget will subsume the railway budget

1 min read29 Jan 2017
Politics

What next after Budget 2017 brings the curtains down on India’s planning era?

With the 12th Five Year Plan period ending in 2017, the budget is putting an end to the practice of classifying government spending into plan and non-plan categories

2 min read27 Jan 2017
Politics

Telangana presents tax-free state budget

The Non-Plan Expenditure is `62,785.14 crore and Plan Expenditure is `67,630.73 crore

1 min read14 Mar 2016
Politics

Union Budget 2016: Arun Jaitley loosens purse strings for growth, OROP

Finance minister Arun Jaitley's third Union budget is banking on higher tax revenue for the increased overall and Plan spending for the next financial year

1 min read29 Feb 2016
Money

De-jargoned: Plan and non-plan expenditure

The government's expenditure is divided under two broad headsplan and non-plan

2 min read21 Feb 2014
Politics

Govt plans cut in non-plan spending; fiscal gap to be met: Chidambaram

The govt is planning to trim non-plan expenditure to meet the fiscal deficit target of 4.8% for the current financial year, says Chidambaram

1 min read2 Oct 2013
Politics

Finance ministry orders small-bore austerity measures

Government departments asked to cut non-Plan expenditure by 10%; curbs put on holding meetings and seminars

3 min read18 Sep 2013
Opinion

A holding operation

Fiscal constraints and political realities present tough choices to any finance minister. The Union Budget is an uneasy compromise between the two

3 min read28 Feb 2013
Opinion

Time for a clean-up act

Until the quality of finances improves and quantity of borrowing decreases, any chances of a turnaround remain muted

2 min read21 Feb 2013
Opinion

Expensive consolidation

Expenditure cuts are being inflicted on plans necessary for growth; this is an unhappy trade-off

2 min read3 Feb 2013
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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

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