The Union Budget allocated Rs 11,500 crore for harnessing the waters of the Kosi river in Bihar. In addition, Bihar received infrastructure projects including expressways, a bridge, power plant, and more PATNA: The Union Budget, presented on Tuesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, made a provision of Rs 11,500 crore for harnessing and utilizing the…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday stated that Bihar’s demand for “special category status” is not made out as it has been considered and rejected in the past. This comes a day after all parties of the state, including two allies of the BJP – Nitish Kumar‘s Janata Dal (United) and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti…
NEW DELHI: Days before the Union Budget is placed in Parliament, major pressure from NDA partners JDU and TDP seems to have eased as both did not press for ‘special category’ status for Bihar and Andhra at Sunday’s all-party meeting and instead suggested that there could be special packages to meet specific requirements.While JDU working…
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday convened an all party meeting, chaired by Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, in preparation for the upcoming Budget session of Parliament. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju organised the meeting with floor leaders from various political parties to discuss the issues they plan to address during the session.Congress leader Jairam…
