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Siddaramaiah presents budget with 4.48 lakh crore outlay, flags GST losses

Chief minister Siddaramaiah arrives to present the state Budget for the financial year 2026-27 at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Friday. (PTI)
Published on Mar 07, 2026 06:44 am IST

2L to sweepers, 7L to engineers: Telangana revised wages raise eyebrows

Entry-level municipal staff, including sanitation workers and drivers, are earning approximately 28,000 a month.
Updated on Feb 26, 2026 11:29 pm IST

Social sectors get the short shrift as tensions play out against global churn

Despite the promise of one girl’s hostel in every district, the department of higher education has seen a small jump. (HT Archive)
Published on Feb 02, 2026 12:22 am IST

Finance dept worried about rising liabilities, wants govt to reduce committed expenditure

Finance dept worried about rising liabilities, wants govt to reduce committed expenditure
Published on Jun 27, 2025 08:04 am IST

Budget’s 35% to foot salaries, pension bill

J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah addresses a post-budget press conference in Jammu on Friday. (PTI)
Published on Mar 08, 2025 10:10 am IST

UP Budget goes bigger, but fund utilisation remains a challenge

In 2023-2024, the state government estimated a revenue expenditure of 5.21 lakh crore, and could use only 4.29 lakh crore. (Pic for representation)
Published on Feb 21, 2025 06:42 am IST

No new projects in ‘infra-driven’ BMC budget

No new projects in ‘infra-driven’ BMC budget
Published on Feb 05, 2025 08:22 am IST

UT administration falls 700 crore short its of projected tax revenue

As per the CAG, the monthly expenditure of the administration is approximately 550 crore, which means that its requirement is of 1,650 crore for the last quarter, against the available 708 crore. (HT File photo)
Updated on Jan 28, 2025 09:10 am IST

Use of budgetary funds remains a challenge in next quarter

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Updated on Dec 29, 2024 07:34 am IST

Punjab government likely to miss capex target, only 32% achieved so far

A finance department official said that capex numbers will look much better by the end of the fiscal though they may still fall short of the target envisaged in the budget
Updated on Mar 03, 2024 06:54 am IST

BMC budget 46 cr shy of 60k cr mark

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Updated on Feb 03, 2024 08:32 am IST

Is there more room for competitive populism?

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Competitive populism seems to have taken centrestage with not much discussion about its fiscal ramifications
Published on Nov 15, 2023 10:51 pm IST

Govt meets 6.4% fiscal deficit target for FY23

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Updated on Jun 01, 2023 12:08 am IST

CAG report: HP fiscal deficit down by 9.2% in 2018-19

Security personnel check the body temperature of rural development and panchayati raj minister Virender Kanwar before going to attend the monsoon session in Shimla on Monday.
Updated on Sept 14, 2020 11:56 pm IST

Jai Ram presents tax-free budget in Himachal

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Published on Mar 06, 2020 10:39 pm IST

Funds for social services highlight Rajasthan budget

CM ashok gehlot giving final touches to the State Budget 2020-21 at CMO on Wednesday.
Published on Feb 21, 2020 01:33 am IST

5 months on, KCR slashes his state budget by 20 percent amid slowdown worries

Telangana chief minister KCR attributed the slashing of the budget to the overall economic slowdown in the country, which had its effect on Telangana as well.
Updated on Sept 09, 2019 09:12 pm IST

UP: Higher gender budget a breather but missing old data a big challenge

No state is achiever (top category) in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) - 5 that is gender equality, but Uttar Pradesh is third last in the tally prepared by the NITI aayog earlier this year.
Published on Jul 08, 2019 03:37 pm IST

7th pay commission to cost Mumbai civic body, BMC, Rs 3,000 crore

An amount of Rs 1,200 crore from the budget has been allocated towards expenses owing to implementation of the 7th pay commission
Updated on Feb 06, 2019 08:24 am IST

Speed up financial sanctions for larger use: Yogi tells officers

Yogi wants financial sanctions for development works speeded up to ensure higher utilization of funds before the election commission’s model code of conduct for 2019 polls comes into force.
Published on Oct 26, 2018 01:44 pm IST

Mid-term review: 32 major UP govt departments used only 31% budget in 6 months

A close scrutiny of mid-term performance of these departments reveals that their failure to expedite use of funds in a time-bound manner may slow down the pace of development ahead of general elections.
Published on Oct 25, 2018 03:14 pm IST

Devendra Fadnavis asks for 81,000 crore even as finance commission says Maharashtra not spending enough on development

CM Devendra Fadnavis with the members of the 15th Finance Commission on Wednesday.
Updated on Sept 20, 2018 09:30 am IST

General Bipin Rawat, army brass discuss force restructuring

Army chief General Bipin Rawat and top army commanders on Tuesday discussed various aspects of a proposed restructuring of the 1.2-million strong force to sharpen its effectiveness and prepare it for future wars.
Published on Sept 12, 2018 12:09 am IST

Mobilising funds a challenge for Yogi govt in Lok Sabha poll year

A close scrutiny of the state’s financial situation points towards the strained resources, with proposals of levying any new taxes not under consideration as of now.
Published on Sept 08, 2018 06:20 pm IST