The Minister of Finance, K.M Mani , presented the General Budget 2013 to the State Assembly on March 15, 2013. In his address, he commented on the fiscal performance of the State in 2012-13 and laid out his budget proposals for 2013-14. This document presents a brief analysis covering important...

Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank, the Regional Banks and Economic Commissions. The 2005...

The government of India has appointed many committees to look into the issue of agrarian distress in India. An Expert Panel was constituted by the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development to evolve an implementable plan of action based on the various recommendations of these...

Budget presented by Finance Minister

Most of 726 million rural populations in India is dependent on agriculture. Rice is the staple food of nearly 65% of the total population in India. The production of rough rice reached 135 million tonnes (89 million tonnes of clean rice) in the TE 2002 from 32.3 million tonnes (20 million tonnes...