Author : EconomyWatch

India's 2009-10 budget was released on 6 July 2009. The theme of this budget was 'inclusive growth' as the government tries to pull itself out of its massive fiscal...

In July 2004, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his UPA/ Congress government, had built an economic program around the concept of ‘Aam Aadmi’ in July 2004. It...

The Indian Government has launched many new schemes to provide steady monetary assistance to the poor in India. The Interim Indian Budget 2009 continues to provide emphasis for these...

The focus one Aam Aadmi remains central to the budget, since 60 per cent of the Indian population lives in villages. In the period between 2003-04 and 2008-09, the...

India’s sovereign ratings face the risk of being hit with a downgrade in 2009, after admissions in the Interim Budget that the budget deficit will continue to grow. Indian...

The total expenditure budgeted for fiscal year 2009-10 in the Indian Interim Budget Estimate is Rs.9,53,231 crore. This includes a provisions for a Plan Budget Estimate of Rs.2,85,149 crore...

Key Features of Budget 2004 - 2005 NATIONAL COMMON MINIMUM PROGRAMME   Economic Objectives Growth rate of 7-8 per cent per year for a sustained period. Key Features of...

8 per cent excise duty on packaged software sold over the counter. Customized software and software packages downloaded from the internet will be exempt from this levy.

Russia Budget summarises the estimated expenditure for a given period and draws up an outline of Russia's financial and operational goals. Russia Budget estimates and allocates the total sum...

Russia Budget surplus is the actual amount of cash that surpasses spending over a particular period of time. In the period January-April 2003, the federal budget surplus in Russia...