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Pakistan To Cut Expenses Of Ministers, Advisers By 15% In Austerity Drive
Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said today.
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Saudi Triples VAT, Halts Government Handouts In Austerity Drive: Report
Saudi Arabia's finance minister on Monday said the kingdom will triple its Value Added Tax (VAT) and halt monthly handout payments to citizens in new austerity measures amid a coronavirus-led economic slump.
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Pak Military To Voluntarily Cut Defence Budget, Imran Khan Praises Move
In an unprecedented voluntary move, Pakistan's military has decided to cut its defence budget for the next fiscal year amid an austerity drive launched by the government to help solve the cash-strapped nation's economic problems.
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Latest In Pak Austerity Drive, A Buffalo Auction At Imran Khan's House
The Pakistani premier's house milked its livestock reserves Thursday as dozens gathered for a buffalo auction in the capital Islamabad, in the latest push for Prime Minister Imran Khan's highly publicised austerity drive.
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UP On Austerity Drive, Government Events At Private Hotels Banned
No government parties, events, functions and workshops of the Uttar Pradesh government will now on be organised in private hotels, an official said today.
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UP Orders Strict Austerity Measures For Bureaucrats. Details Here
Rolling out strict austerity measures, the Uttar Pradesh government has asked its officials to curtail expenses on foreign visits, fly economy class and avoid holding lunch or dinner meetings at five-star hotels.
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Imran Khan Mocked For Daily Chopper Rides As Pak Goes On Austerity Drive
Lower-than-expected sales in an auction of Pakistani government vehicles have dealt another early setback to new Prime Minister Imran Khan's populist vow to raise quick revenues through cost-cutting, a campaign that has drawn both praise and ridicule.
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Cut Down On Expenditure, H D Kumaraswamy Tells Officials
Embarking on an austerity drive,days after the JDS-Congress government announced waiver of loans taken by farmers, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today asked officials to reduce extraneous expenses.
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International Monetary Fund Austerity Deal Hurts Egyptians As Subsidies Are Cut, Prices Soar
A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt further.
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Portugal Left Set to Oust Centre-Right, Roll Back Austerity
Leftwing parties looked set to oust Portugal's minority centre-right government today in a parliamentary vote, part of a drive to set up their own Socialist-led administration they hope will put an end to years of harsh austerity.
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Barack Obama Joins Ally List on Greek Austerity Relief
Greece's new left-wing government can boast some high-profile allies, from Nobel economics laureates to US President Barack Obama, in its controversial drive against austerity in Europe.
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Austerity Drive, Spending Cuts Risk Fickle Growth: Nomura
The Finance Ministry issued a circular today instructing government departments to cut discretionary spending by 10 per cent. As part of these measures, it banned first class travel by government officials, meetings in five-star hotels, purchase of cars and froze new appointments.
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Modi Government's Austerity Drive: No First Class Air Travel, No New Posts
These measures include banning officials from first class air travel and a ban on creation of new posts in government.
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The AAP effect? Vasundhara Raje extends austerity drive to ministers, officials
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is taking the Aam Aadmi Party example very seriously. After having decided to shed the trappings of power herself, she has asked her ministerial colleagues and the state government officials to follow suit.
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Centre to stick with austerity despite forthcoming elections: P Chidambaram
The government will have to rein in spending and cut subsidies to meet its fiscal deficit target, the country's finance minister said today, underlining that an austerity drive will not be blown off course by an election due next year.
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Pakistan To Cut Expenses Of Ministers, Advisers By 15% In Austerity Drive
Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said today.
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Saudi Triples VAT, Halts Government Handouts In Austerity Drive: Report
Saudi Arabia's finance minister on Monday said the kingdom will triple its Value Added Tax (VAT) and halt monthly handout payments to citizens in new austerity measures amid a coronavirus-led economic slump.
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Pak Military To Voluntarily Cut Defence Budget, Imran Khan Praises Move
In an unprecedented voluntary move, Pakistan's military has decided to cut its defence budget for the next fiscal year amid an austerity drive launched by the government to help solve the cash-strapped nation's economic problems.
-
Latest In Pak Austerity Drive, A Buffalo Auction At Imran Khan's House
The Pakistani premier's house milked its livestock reserves Thursday as dozens gathered for a buffalo auction in the capital Islamabad, in the latest push for Prime Minister Imran Khan's highly publicised austerity drive.
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UP On Austerity Drive, Government Events At Private Hotels Banned
No government parties, events, functions and workshops of the Uttar Pradesh government will now on be organised in private hotels, an official said today.
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UP Orders Strict Austerity Measures For Bureaucrats. Details Here
Rolling out strict austerity measures, the Uttar Pradesh government has asked its officials to curtail expenses on foreign visits, fly economy class and avoid holding lunch or dinner meetings at five-star hotels.
-
Imran Khan Mocked For Daily Chopper Rides As Pak Goes On Austerity Drive
Lower-than-expected sales in an auction of Pakistani government vehicles have dealt another early setback to new Prime Minister Imran Khan's populist vow to raise quick revenues through cost-cutting, a campaign that has drawn both praise and ridicule.
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Cut Down On Expenditure, H D Kumaraswamy Tells Officials
Embarking on an austerity drive,days after the JDS-Congress government announced waiver of loans taken by farmers, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today asked officials to reduce extraneous expenses.
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International Monetary Fund Austerity Deal Hurts Egyptians As Subsidies Are Cut, Prices Soar
A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt further.
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Portugal Left Set to Oust Centre-Right, Roll Back Austerity
Leftwing parties looked set to oust Portugal's minority centre-right government today in a parliamentary vote, part of a drive to set up their own Socialist-led administration they hope will put an end to years of harsh austerity.
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Barack Obama Joins Ally List on Greek Austerity Relief
Greece's new left-wing government can boast some high-profile allies, from Nobel economics laureates to US President Barack Obama, in its controversial drive against austerity in Europe.
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Austerity Drive, Spending Cuts Risk Fickle Growth: Nomura
The Finance Ministry issued a circular today instructing government departments to cut discretionary spending by 10 per cent. As part of these measures, it banned first class travel by government officials, meetings in five-star hotels, purchase of cars and froze new appointments.
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Modi Government's Austerity Drive: No First Class Air Travel, No New Posts
These measures include banning officials from first class air travel and a ban on creation of new posts in government.
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The AAP effect? Vasundhara Raje extends austerity drive to ministers, officials
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is taking the Aam Aadmi Party example very seriously. After having decided to shed the trappings of power herself, she has asked her ministerial colleagues and the state government officials to follow suit.
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Centre to stick with austerity despite forthcoming elections: P Chidambaram
The government will have to rein in spending and cut subsidies to meet its fiscal deficit target, the country's finance minister said today, underlining that an austerity drive will not be blown off course by an election due next year.
