Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2012, 23:19
Giving a major push to social sector spending, Delhi CM earmarked a whopping Rs 9,796 crore in the budget for 2012-13.
Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2012, 21:25
In the Budget, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has allocated Rs 1,901 crore, which is 12.67 per cent of the total plan outlay in 2012-13.
Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2012, 18:52
Petrol will be cheaper by Rs 1.26 and will now cost Rs 71.92 a litre after the cut which had risen to Rs 73.18 after last week's hike. The CNG price will see an increase of Rs 1.77 from Rs 35.45 per kg which may trigger demand for hike in bus, taxi and auto fares besides having an impact on transportation cost of goods.
Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2012, 17:25
The Delhi budget slashed VAT on the hiked price of petrol but slapped it on transport fuel CNG.
Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2012, 09:04
Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit is likely to put special focus on social sector and development when she presents the Budget of her government on Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 27, 2012, 11:00
The budget, the second since Dikshit has been handling the finance portfolio, is expected to be a populist one and a bid to regain the Congress' support base for the assembly elections in the wake of the party's crushing defeat in the municipal polls.
Last Updated: Monday, March 28, 2011, 21:33
The Rs 27,067 crore budget, presented on March 22 by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was passed by voice-vote after days of marathon discussions.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 19:25
Bicycles, kerosene stoves,lanterns, petromax lamps and sanitary napkins will become cheaper while bidis, furnishings and suitings and sweetmeats will become costlier under new tax proposals in Delhi government`s budget.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 19:29
The budget session of Delhi Assembly, beginning next week, is likely to be a stormy one with BJP deciding to corner the government on a range of issues, including law and order and price rise.
Last Updated: Monday, March 22, 2010, 12:05
There may be more bad news in store for people in the city with Delhi government likely to announce a set of measures in the annual Budget on Monday to improve its dwindling finances.
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