EC returning Rs three billion out of election budget The Election Commission (EC) has said of the total amount allocated for holding elections to the member of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly, around Rs three billion would be sent back to the State coffers. Kathmandu 03 Feb, 2023
Rs 40 billion sought for poll: Minister Sharma Although the government has allocated only Rs 10 billion in the current budget for local election, additional Rs 40 billion has been sought. Nepal 11 Feb, 2022
Home, finance ministers discuss election budget Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand and Finance Minister Janardan Sharma on Wednesday held a meeting to discuss the budget related to the upcoming election. Kathmandu 10 Feb, 2022
India's Modi seen appeasing voters, putting reforms aside in pre-election budget India to present interim budget on Friday, Feb 1 Modi to use farm package, tax incentives to woo voters-sources Economic reforms on back burner as Modi faces tough election NEW DELHI: Desperate for five more years in power, India's... Women 28 Jan, 2019
UK finance minister vows hefty welfare cuts in July budget plan LONDON: British finance minister George Osborne has said he will press ahead with hefty cuts to welfare in a budget statement next month, a day after tens of thousands of people marched against austerity in central London. Writing in the Sunday... Women 21 Jun, 2015
Britain hits rich in pre-election budget LONDON: Britain's finance minister vowed to hike taxes on the rich to help the poor hit by the global downturn, and to cut borrowing targets in a budget unveiled weeks before a knife-edge election. Alistair Darling on Wednesday warned that growth... 25 Mar, 2010
Britain hits rich in pre-election budget LONDON: Britain's finance minister vowed to hike taxes on the rich to help the poor hit by the global downturn, and to cut borrowing targets in a budget unveiled weeks before a knife-edge election. Alistair Darling on Wednesday warned that growth... 25 Mar, 2010
India targets return to 9.0 pc growth NEW DELHI: India's finance minister targeted a return to 9.0 percent economic growth "at the earliest" in a budget speech Monday that suggested the country had seen off the worst of the global financial crisis. But in announcing increased... 06 Jul, 2009
