-Moneycontrol.com The Centre is targeting a fiscal deficit of Rs 16.61 lakh crore for the current financial year, or 6.4 percent of the GDP. In the April-November period of FY22, the fiscal deficit was 46.2 percent of the full year target. The central government's fiscal deficit widened to Rs 9.78 lakh crore in April-November period, accounting for 58.9 percent of the full-year target, data released on December 30 by the Controller General...
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Highest share of CSR funds went to education in 2016-21: Data -Saubhadra Chatterji
-Hindustan Times India Inc. has utilised the highest share of its mandated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund in the education sector, followed by health and rural development between FY16-17 and FY20-21, according to data available with the Union ministry of corporate affairs. During these five financial years, the education sector received ₹29,918 crore in CSR funds. The health sector received ₹2,0716 crore, and rural development and related schemes got ₹9,820 crore, the...
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-Hindustan Times Chief minister M K Stalin had during the assembly sessions spoken of data-centric governance and the TNeGA department is responsible for driving all technology initiatives for the state Government. The data would be available in English and Tamil Chennai: The Tamil Nadu e-governance agency (TNeGA) conducted a pre-bid meeting on Thursday as the state government is looking to build tools to create a unique individual number for each resident of...
More »India's Population, Poverty And Consumption Data Missing As 2022 Comes To A Close -Prachi Salve|
-IndiaSpend.com Several important datasets that help in formulating government policies have not been released for over two years Mumbai: Of 20 Government datasets that IndiaSpend analysed, the collection of data or its public release has been delayed for 12 datasets. Crucial data such as from the census, household expenditure and poverty estimates, which influence other data sets and policymaking, are over two years old. Political manipulation in data releases and a weakened data...
More »We did not manage to double the income of Indian farmers -Himanshu
-Livemint.com Multiple surveys indicate that we not only missed that goal but our rural economy is in deep distress On 28 February 2016, at a farmer rally in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government’s intention of doubling the income of farmers by 2022, a year marking 75 years of India’s independence. That it was not just political rhetoric but a real project was evident from the follow-up. An...
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