Budget 2012-13

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  Increase In Number Of Schools, Student Enrolment In Delhi: Economic Survey

  According to the survey, the total investment in the education sector has increased by more than double in the budget, from Rs 5,491 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 11,300 crore in 2017-18.

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  New Controversy For Essar as Emails Indicate it Had Access to Draft Budget Papers

  A fresh controversy has mushroomed for the Essar group as emails have surfaced indicating its employees were privy to draft budget proposals for 2012-13 - documents, which were meant to be kept secret.

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  Need Better Roads But Stop Digging, Says Bengaluru

  Harried commuters in Bengaluru have been slowed down even further by the ongoing maintenance work on major roads across the city. The repair work is part of the 'Tender SURE' project under which Rs 200 crore is being spent to improve 25 major roads. The funding was approved in Karnataka's budget for 2012-13, but the work is still crawling along.

• Rail Budget 2013: Railways may suffer Rs 24,600 crore loss in 2012-13

  The Indian Railways is likely to suffer a loss of Rs.24,600 crore in fiscal year ending March 31 as compared to Rs.22,500 crore in the previous fiscal, Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Tuesday.

• Pakistan hikes defence allocation by 10 per cent

  Pakistan today increased the defence allocation in its fiscal 2012-13 budget to Rs 545 billion (about USD 5.82 billion), marking an increase of 10 per cent over the outlay for the current fiscal.

• Karnataka to set up green energy fund

  A green energy fund to encourage rooftop grid connected solar projects would be set up in Karnataka by levying a surcharge of five paise per unit on industrial and commercial consumers, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said today. "The surcharge will be complemented by support of Rs 25 crore from the State Budget during 2012-13", he said in the ...

• Budget proposals to create job opportunities: K M Mani

  Refuting the CPI(M)-led Opposition LDF's charge that the budget for 2012-13 would create unemployment, Finance Minister K M Mani today said his budget's focus was on creating more job opportunities. Addressing a meet-the-press programme arranged by Kesari Memorial Journalists' Trust here, he said the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme proposed...

• Haryana Agricultural varsity gets Rs 50 cr for Research and Development

  The Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) has received a grant of Rs 50 crore in Budget 2012-13 for strengthening its research and development.

• Budget for Lokpal, CVC reduced by Rs 1.5 crore

  The Government has cut the budget of the Central Vigilance Commission by about Rs 1.5 crore to nearly Rs 19 crore for meeting its establishment-related expenditure and those of the proposed anti-corruption body, Lokpal. The budgetary provisions given to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) for Vigilance is Rs 18.61 crore for 2012-13 as a...

• India hikes defence spending to Rs 1,93,007 crore

  India on Friday hiked the Defence budget for 2012-13 to Rs 1,93,007 crore ($42 billion) to fuel rapid modernisation of its Army, Navy and Air Force.

• Dinesh Trivedi to present his first Railway budget today; passenger fare hike unlikely

  With passenger fares unlikely to be hiked, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will today present his maiden railway budget for 2012-13 amid concerns over the financial health of the world's second largest network.

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  Indian Olympic Association wants more funds

  The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Sunday urged Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to treat sports as a priority area while formulating the budget for 2012-13 beginning April 1.