The exclusion of the Rs 2,100 monthly payment for the widely publicised ‘Ladki Bahin’ scheme in Maharashtra from the budget allocation has sparked discontent among female beneficiaries.

Maharashtra's 2025-26 budget has reduced the allocation for the Ladki Bahin scheme by Rs 10,000 crore, making no mention of the promised increase in payouts. The Opposition has slammed the move as a ...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has presented its budget for the school education ... funding compared to the previous year. The total allocation for the department has increased from Rs ...

Without any announcement for a new scheme or initiative, the state budget showed an allocation of Rs 83.11 crore for education under the School Education and Sports department, which is not ...

“Budgetary allocations to healthcare hover between five per cent and less of the annual budget, falling short of providing best standards for a population of almost a quarter of a billion people,” she ...

In February each year, the Minister of Finance tables the National Budget, which outlines budget allocations for national and provincial departments. By engaging the public, particularly the youth, ...

Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday, March 10, 2025, announced a budget allocation of ₹36,000 crore for the state’s flagship women’s welfare initiative, the Ladli Ladki Bahin Yojana, for ...

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday faced fierce criticism by the BJP as he presented the state budget having multiple pies for the Muslim community. In a blazing attack at the ...

Compared to the previous Budget, the 2025-26 one presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday cut allocation for education by 2%. In 2024-25, he allocated 12% in the Budget to the sector and ...

Legislators are next week to hold revotes on whether to uphold the central government’s budget plan and measures raising funding allocations to local governments passed by the opposition-controlled ...

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday (March 7, 2025) strongly criticised the BJP ahead of the State’s Budget presentation ... whatever Budgetary allocation we received ...

Petitioners said the Bicameral Conference Committee (BCC) Report showed several blanks, particularly the budget allocations for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Department of ...