Policy Updates

Policy Updates

State Budget 2018-19, West Bengal

  • 31 January, 2018

The Finance Minister of West Bengal, Dr. Amit Mitra presented the State Budget for 2018-19 on 31st January 2018. The total budget outlay for the financial year 2018-19 is Rs.1,95,829 crore. Budget Documents are also available at...

State Budget 2018-19, Jharkhand

  • 23 January, 2018

The Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Shri Raghubar Das presented the Budget for the financial year 2018-19 on 23 January, 2018. Total expenditure for the year is expected to be Rs. 80,200 crore. Budget Documents are also available at...

State Budget 2018-19, Jammu and Kashmir

  • 11 January, 2018

The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Haseeb Drabu, presented the State Budget for the financial year 2018-19 on 11 January 2018. The total expenditure for the year is estimated to be Rs. 80,313 crore. Budget Documents are also available...

Lab Policy for Testing, Standardization and Certification for the Renewable Energy Sector

  • 7 December, 2017

Aiming to address the quality issues in India’s rapidly growing renewable energy sector, the union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has come out with a new policy for “testing, standardisation and certification” of products in the...

Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) IEC Guidelines for States and Districts

  • 17 November, 2017

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has issued an Information, Education and Communication (IEC) guidelines for States and Districts in Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). The planning and effective implementation of the IEC strategies is the key...

Revised guidelines for Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)

  • 11 October, 2017

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has updated the existing guidelines for Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). The revised guidelines aims to help the States/UTs and other stakeholders to find all the important decisions, advisories of the...

Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -“Saubhagya”

  • 25 September, 2017

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched a new scheme "Saubhagya" to ensure electrification of all willing households in the country in rural as well as urban areas on, 25th September, 2017. The objective of the scheme is to provide energy...

Budget Circular 2018-2019

  • 13 September, 2017

Ministry of Finance, Government of India, has issued the Budget Circular, containing the timelines for submission of information to the Budget Division, Ministry of Finance, along with prescribed formats, for Budget...

National Nutrition Strategy by NITI Aayog

  • 6 September, 2017

NITI Aayog has launched the National Nutrition Strategy on 6 September'17. It attempts to put nutrition at the forefront of the narrative of the National Development Agenda and lays down a roadmap for effective action, among both implementers and...

Communiqué of BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities Meeting

  • 28 July, 2017

The 5th meeting of the BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities was concluded in Hangzhou on July 27-28, 2017, where the countries agreed to enhance their cooperation on international tax matters. The signed memorandum on July 28th, 2017 endorsed OECD/ G20's...