Biden’s first budget fuels health, education spending in sharp change from Trump
US President Joe Biden asked Congress to sharply increase spending to combat climate change and gun violence and to support education in a budget that marks a sharp departure from his predecessor, Donald Trump. The $1.5 trillion budget, reflecting an 8% increase in base funding from the current year, would invest billions more in public […]
Gov. Evers’ Budget Proposes Millions Toward Wisconsin Agriculture
WUWM’s Teran Powell talks with Krista Knigge from the state Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection about Gov. Tony Evers’ biennial budget plan to support Wisconsin farmers. Gov. Tony Evers recently announced that he wants to invest more than $43 million in his biennial budget in Wisconsin’s agricultural economy. One of the goals of […]
Union Budget 2021: Infra spending to push inclusive growth
Union Budget 2021: The levy of agri infra cess of Rs 2.5 per litre on petrol and Rs 4 per litre on diesel will provide necessary corpus for building world-class infrastructure to link farm to fork. (AP image/FILE) By Sharad Kumar Saraf The Indian economy is set to become the fastest growing economy in 2021. […]
Only concerned about having farm laws repealed, budget does not matter: Protesting farmers
(Eds: Updating with quotes ) New Delhi, Feb 1 () Farmers protesting at various sites on the border of Delhi on Monday unequivocally said they are only concerned about their common goal of having the three farm laws repealed, and what has been offered to the agriculture sector in the Union budget did not matter. […]
Budget 2021: Rs 75,000 Crore Allocated For Farmers | A Quick Recap of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana: Presenting the Union Budget for the coronavirus-hit economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a slew of measures for farmers of the country and said that the budget this year is aimed to double the farmers’ income. Before we get into the latest announcements under the government’s income schemes for […]
Indian farmers call off march to parliament on Budget Day following deadly violence
Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of New Delhi for two months to protest against reforms of the agriculture sector, which they say benefit big private buyers at the expense of growers. On Tuesday, a protest parade of tractors around the fringes of the capital to coincide with Republic Day […]
Budget 2021-22: Finance Ministry’s coordination council meets to set priorities, parameters
In the meeting, the GDP rate was preliminarily estimated at 7.7% and inflation rate estimated 5.3% The government plans to focus on nine areas of emphasis, including successful implementation of the Covid-19 stimulus packages announced by the prime minister, and ensuring additional allocation to boost the health sector with incentives and compensation, in formulating the […]