New Delhi: The Supreme Court today upheld convention of the seven accused in year 2003 Haren Pandya murder case. The Supreme Curt dismissed with a cost of Rs. 50,000, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation seeking a fresh court-monitored probe in the case saying several new facts had emerged recently which required fresh investigation into this murder case. The Supreme Court has thus overturned the Gujarat High Court judgement acquitting 12 accu...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of India has paid Rs. 1,131 crore for assistance to 28 lakh farmers of Gujarat under Pradhanmantri Kisan Sanman Yojana (PM-Kisan), Finance Minister Nitin Patel said today while presenting the State budget. In pro-farmer announcement, Nitin Patel said the State government has decided to clear all 1.25 lakh applications that are pending at present for agricultural power connection in next one year, before Rath Yatra of year 2020. He said the State government has...Read More

Gandhinagar: Presenting the annual budget for the State for financial year 2019-20, Finance Minister Nitin Patel today in his speech said, Gujarat achieved 11.2% growth rate in FY 2017-18 - a double digit growth. Patel further said Gujarat is revenue surplus state for last 8 years continuously. He said the State govt has not taken overdraft in last 16 years. 'I visit Delhi in the meeting of Chief Ministers and observe that other states borrow money from Reserve Bank of India to pay sa...Read More

Gandhinagar: Presenting the annual budget for year 2019-20, Finance Minister Nitin Patel today said that by year 2022, each house of urban and rural areas of Gujarat will get tap water supply. He said, the State government will allocate whopping Rs. 20,000 crore sum in next three years for 'Nal Se Jal yojana'(pure drinking water supply through pipe and tap). He said the allocation this year for 'Nal Se Jal' will be Rs. 4,500 crore. Nitin Patel added that State budget allocation for wa...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Budget session of Gujarat Assembly will start on Tuesday, 2nd July. Full budget of financial year 2019-20 will be presented on the first day of the session. In the previous session of the assembly, the Finance minister had presented vote on account for four months - April, May, June and July. The session will in-total witness 20 sittings. It will conclude on July 25. General discussion on budget demands will go on for four days while department wise demands will be discusse...Read More

New Delhi: The newly appointed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the full Budget for 2019-20 on July 5 in the Lok Sabha. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in its first meeting has approved the summoning of the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, June 17, 2019 and subject to the exigencies of Government Business, the session will conclude on Friday, July 26, 2019, an official statement said. The Rajya Sabha will be convened on Thursday, June 20, 2019 and subject ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Deputy CM cum finance minister Nitin Patel today presented Vote-on-Account for the year 2019-20 with a revenue surplus of Rs 12,241.40 crore. No new tax has been levied or any hike in existing tax was made in it. The estimated revenue receipt is Rs 1,54,885 crore, while the estimate for revenue expenditure was Rs 1,45,022 crore. State tax revenue has been estimated at Rs 1,00,125 crore. Patel said in his address in the house on the second day of the first s...Read More

Gandhinagar: Due to it being a Loksabha election year the full fledged budget session of Gujarat assembly would be held after the polls most likely in June-July and the first session of the year that started from today to culminate on February 22 with a total of five working days is meant for presenting vote on account or interim budget to get the funds to meet with the necessary government expenses. During the session a total of at least 4 bills would be tabled in the house and likely be pas...Read More