BJP calls budget ‘routine’, CPI ‘inconsequential’

August 25th, 2009 Budget impasse forces Shyamalan movie from Pa.PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania's budget impasse even has the "Devil" heading for the hills. The upcoming thriller by M.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's fiscal budget has risen from Rs.193 crores to over Rs.10 lakh crores in the 63 years since independence of the country in 1947, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said while presenting the budget for 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha Monday. "Madam speaker, I am happy to announce that for the first time, the budget estimates have crossed Rs.10 lakh crores.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The ruling Congress said Monday the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was progressive, but the opposition parties termed it as "routine and inconsequential. "Budget 2009 is progressive, inclusive, growth oriented and balanced.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the first general budget at 11am today in Lok Sabha. This is the first general budget of the UPA government after coming to power for second term.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Parliamentarians seem to be turning increasingly apathetic to the general budget, which touches upon the lives of a large number of people, if the number of hours they spent on debating its proposal is any indication. A study by the PRS Legislative Research, a voluntary body dedicated to parliamentary research, of the trends over last 25 years reveals that the hours MPs spend deliberating on budget provisions are reducing with every year.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in parliament house Friday morning to present her ministry's budget for this fiscal, promising to address the demands of the average passenger. "My budget will be of the people, by the people and for the people," Banerjee told reporters before leaving for parliament house to present the railway budget in Lok Sabha, the lower house.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the railway budget would be a "pro-people" budget. "It will be a pro-people budget, a simple budget, people's budget," Banerjee said after an all-party meeting here.

June 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The union budget for 2009-10 would be presented on July 6 and the railways budget three days earlier on July 3. The schedule for the budget session of parliament was decided at a meeting of the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before his departure for the Russian city of Yekaterinburg to attend the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) summits.

May 9th, 2009 Obama's Day: Budget, education, Russian relationsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama this morning will talk about how much of the taxpayers' money he plans not to spend in the first budget of his young administration. The president has signed off on 121 cuts totaling $17 billion in his 2010 budget.

May 9th, 2009 Obama to expand diplomatic corps by 25 percentWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's proposed foreign affairs budget calls for a massive hiring drive at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to staff a dramatic shift from military to civilian operations abroad.

May 8th, 2009 AP sources: Obama to seek $17B in budget savingsWASHINGTON — A senior White House official says the president is recommending eliminating or cutting 121 programs to produce $17 billion worth of budget savings. Some of the cuts in President Barack Obama's budget are sure to rankle lawmakers, such as the elimination of a program that gives money to states to help defray the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants who commit crimes.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday for a 'routine check-up' is fine and will be discharged Sunday evening, doctors said. Vajpayee, 84, underwent some tests Saturday.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee did not present a populist budget as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had done a 'tremendous job' and does not need to play to the gallery, the ruling Congress maintained Monday. Mukherjee observed 'constitutional propriety' while presenting the interim budget, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said.

February 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The ruling Congress party Friday hailed the interim rail budget presented by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad as 'developmental' and 'pro-people' while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it was meant to lure voters in the upcoming general elections. 'We welcome the rail budget.

January 31st, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, who holds the finance portfolio too, will present the state's annual budget Feb 9. Assembly speaker Dharamlal Kaushik told reporters Sunday that the budget session of the 90-member state assembly will begin Feb 2 and conclude Feb 20, and the annual budget to be presented Feb 9.