The Spring Conference 2010 document provides an update on the federal budget including $10 million for National Needs Fellowship Grants and $5 million for eXtension. It notes the president's budget would move Sec. 406 Integrated Activities funding lines to AFRI. The document also discusses county Extension budgets for 2010 ranging from $33,696 to $522,100 and notes all vacant Extension agent positions are filled on a 50/50 salary sharing basis with counties up to date on fiscal partnerships. Legislative reporting sessions were hosted between Nov. 24, 2009 to Apr. 23, 2010 by various county Extension offices.
The document discusses sequestration, which mandates automatic spending cuts to reduce the federal deficit. It notes that sequestration was originally set to begin on January 2nd, 2013 but the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 delayed it until March 1st, 2013. This Act also reduced the total spending cuts for 2013 from $109 billion under the original law to $85 billion. The document provides pros and cons of sequestration and shows how different areas of the budget would be impacted by the reduced cuts compared to the original levels.
The document discusses the Indian agriculture sector and key initiatives in the 2014 Indian budget to support the sector. The agriculture sector's contribution to GDP has declined from 30% in 1991 to 13.7% in 2013 as the economy has shifted towards being service-dominated. The 2014 budget allocated increased funds for agriculture research, credit, infrastructure development, and climate change adaptation. It aimed to boost production and support farmers through measures like providing soil health cards, promoting fisheries and cattle breeds, and establishing price stabilization funds.
- The document is a notification from the Government of Kerala regarding amendments made to the Kerala Agricultural Workers' Act of 1974.
- It summarizes that section 9 of the original act is being amended to increase the contribution rate paid by agricultural workers to the welfare fund from Rs. 5 to Rs. 10 per month.
- The government contribution to the fund will remain equal to 50% of the total contribution paid by workers, rather than being equal to the total amount as previously stated.
The document discusses concerns from agriculturists and farmers' organizations about Pakistan's new budget. They see the allocations for agriculture as too low given the importance of the sector. Specific issues raised include the nominal allocation for biotechnology and seed production, inadequate funding for repairing flood damaged irrigation infrastructure, and the negative impacts of taxes like the 16% GST. Farmers want more priority given to rehabilitating canals and drains and increasing credit available to agriculture in Sindh province.
Budget 2016 govt raises agriculture spending to rs36,000 croreAnil Surma
The Indian government raised its agriculture spending for fiscal year 2016-2017 to Rs. 36,000 crore, a 44% increase over the previous year. Major areas that will receive increased funding include crop insurance schemes like Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana which will receive Rs. 5,500 crore, irrigation projects, e-marketplaces for farm goods, and interest subsidies on loans for farmers. The budget aims to boost the agriculture sector and improve farm incomes following two years of drought conditions.
The document provides an overview of key allocations and policy changes in the Indian Union Budget for 2016. Some of the high-level points include:
- Total government spending is proposed to increase 10.8% to Rs. 19,78,060 crore for fiscal year 2016-17.
- Key sectors that saw increases in allocation include agriculture and farmers' welfare (Rs. 35,984 crore), higher education (13% increase), and women and child development (313% increase).
- Corporation tax and income tax together make up about one-third of total government earnings. However, the share of corporation tax has declined while service tax contribution has risen in recent years.
- Subsid
karnataka state budget 2012-13 Presented by Bharat R SBharat Yashu
The document provides information about budgets in general and governmental budgets specifically. It defines what a budget is and describes the different types of governmental budgets, including balanced budgets where revenue equals expenditure, surplus budgets where revenue exceeds expenditure, and deficit budgets where expenditure exceeds revenue. The document then provides details about Karnataka, India's budget for 2012-13, including the total budget size, sources of receipts and areas of expenditure. It also outlines sector-specific allocations and plans for agriculture, irrigation, and other areas.
The Spring Conference 2010 document provides an update on the federal budget including $10 million for National Needs Fellowship Grants and $5 million for eXtension. It notes the president's budget would move Sec. 406 Integrated Activities funding lines to AFRI. The document also discusses county Extension budgets for 2010 ranging from $33,696 to $522,100 and notes all vacant Extension agent positions are filled on a 50/50 salary sharing basis with counties up to date on fiscal partnerships. Legislative reporting sessions were hosted between Nov. 24, 2009 to Apr. 23, 2010 by various county Extension offices.
The document discusses sequestration, which mandates automatic spending cuts to reduce the federal deficit. It notes that sequestration was originally set to begin on January 2nd, 2013 but the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 delayed it until March 1st, 2013. This Act also reduced the total spending cuts for 2013 from $109 billion under the original law to $85 billion. The document provides pros and cons of sequestration and shows how different areas of the budget would be impacted by the reduced cuts compared to the original levels.
The document discusses the Indian agriculture sector and key initiatives in the 2014 Indian budget to support the sector. The agriculture sector's contribution to GDP has declined from 30% in 1991 to 13.7% in 2013 as the economy has shifted towards being service-dominated. The 2014 budget allocated increased funds for agriculture research, credit, infrastructure development, and climate change adaptation. It aimed to boost production and support farmers through measures like providing soil health cards, promoting fisheries and cattle breeds, and establishing price stabilization funds.
- The document is a notification from the Government of Kerala regarding amendments made to the Kerala Agricultural Workers' Act of 1974.
- It summarizes that section 9 of the original act is being amended to increase the contribution rate paid by agricultural workers to the welfare fund from Rs. 5 to Rs. 10 per month.
- The government contribution to the fund will remain equal to 50% of the total contribution paid by workers, rather than being equal to the total amount as previously stated.
The document discusses concerns from agriculturists and farmers' organizations about Pakistan's new budget. They see the allocations for agriculture as too low given the importance of the sector. Specific issues raised include the nominal allocation for biotechnology and seed production, inadequate funding for repairing flood damaged irrigation infrastructure, and the negative impacts of taxes like the 16% GST. Farmers want more priority given to rehabilitating canals and drains and increasing credit available to agriculture in Sindh province.
Budget 2016 govt raises agriculture spending to rs36,000 croreAnil Surma
The Indian government raised its agriculture spending for fiscal year 2016-2017 to Rs. 36,000 crore, a 44% increase over the previous year. Major areas that will receive increased funding include crop insurance schemes like Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana which will receive Rs. 5,500 crore, irrigation projects, e-marketplaces for farm goods, and interest subsidies on loans for farmers. The budget aims to boost the agriculture sector and improve farm incomes following two years of drought conditions.
The document provides an overview of key allocations and policy changes in the Indian Union Budget for 2016. Some of the high-level points include:
- Total government spending is proposed to increase 10.8% to Rs. 19,78,060 crore for fiscal year 2016-17.
- Key sectors that saw increases in allocation include agriculture and farmers' welfare (Rs. 35,984 crore), higher education (13% increase), and women and child development (313% increase).
- Corporation tax and income tax together make up about one-third of total government earnings. However, the share of corporation tax has declined while service tax contribution has risen in recent years.
- Subsid
karnataka state budget 2012-13 Presented by Bharat R SBharat Yashu
The document provides information about budgets in general and governmental budgets specifically. It defines what a budget is and describes the different types of governmental budgets, including balanced budgets where revenue equals expenditure, surplus budgets where revenue exceeds expenditure, and deficit budgets where expenditure exceeds revenue. The document then provides details about Karnataka, India's budget for 2012-13, including the total budget size, sources of receipts and areas of expenditure. It also outlines sector-specific allocations and plans for agriculture, irrigation, and other areas.
If you are tense for some reason, know that you are caught in the rut of unconsciousness. A spiritual seeker should wake up and relax. How can you relax till the situations change? Situations change only when you relax, look up, look within, and take refuge in the Mantra and repeat it with Love and trust in its infinite power to clear the fog of your mind and it Works!!
Each religion has its own powerful sounds that evoke the God in us. God is light. When you evoke the Light, dark forces that conspire sitting in your own mind cannot work. Unconsciousness creates the ground for the negative forces to work, and negative forces are dark, they are effective in darkness, they cannot tolerate light, can’t survive in light, so they always look for opportunities when we are off guard, a little slip from the state of consciousness and you are enveloped with dark forces!
They are not waiting outside of you to enter, they are right there inside of you in the subconscious layers of mind and till you have cleansed and purified your subconscious, they are with you like your own shadow.
Fear, anger, anxiety, tension, they are not only enemies; they are also the forces which create opportunities for all of us to rise to our Divine inheritance. If you have not gone through pain and bondage why should you ever try to rise or work to overcome them and transcend them?
Mantra is the mystic power, the tool for us to work with, the non-violent weapon to transform the diabolic forces into Divine Light and Love. Every faith tradition that has created enlightened Masters, have all used it, it is the Word, it is the Sound, and it is the primordial essence of all that is.
Never curse your negative weaknesses it only empowers them, they are mere reminders of your challenges of life. They are there, for you are born to work with them, through them, Beyond them. Yes, Mantra will do that miracle you are waiting to see in life!!
This presentation is an attempt to summarize the salient points of the Indian Budget 2016-17.It is a presentation with basic details and its target audience are students undertaking Graduate level and MBA courses.
The document discusses the Indian government's budget for 2013-14 as presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Some key allocations and plans included allocating Rs. 17,700 crore to the Integrated Child Development Scheme (an 11.7% increase), commending the ICDS for spending its entire 2012-13 budget, and continuing focus on early childhood care. A multi-sectoral nutrition program was allocated Rs. 300 crore initially.
The document provides details on key announcements made in the Indian Union Budget for 2018-2019. It summarizes budget allocations and policy measures across several sectors including agriculture, rural development, health, education, infrastructure, digital initiatives, taxation policies, banking & financial sector reforms, employment generation, housing, and defense.
The Union Budget 2017-18 allocated Rs 187,223 crore for rural, agricultural and allied sectors, a 24% increase over the previous year. The Ministry of Agriculture was allocated Rs 51,026 crore, a 6.1% increase over the previous year. Key allocations included Rs 6,800 crore for agricultural research and education (9.1% increase) and Rs 2,371 crore for animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries (18.9% increase). The budget also proposed increasing agricultural credit targets to Rs 10 lakh crore, allocating Rs 9,000 crore for crop insurance schemes, and providing Rs 75 lakh per e-NAM market to develop agricultural markets.
If you are tense for some reason, know that you are caught in the rut of unconsciousness. A spiritual seeker should wake up and relax. How can you relax till the situations change? Situations change only when you relax, look up, look within, and take refuge in the Mantra and repeat it with Love and trust in its infinite power to clear the fog of your mind and it Works!!
Each religion has its own powerful sounds that evoke the God in us. God is light. When you evoke the Light, dark forces that conspire sitting in your own mind cannot work. Unconsciousness creates the ground for the negative forces to work, and negative forces are dark, they are effective in darkness, they cannot tolerate light, can’t survive in light, so they always look for opportunities when we are off guard, a little slip from the state of consciousness and you are enveloped with dark forces!
They are not waiting outside of you to enter, they are right there inside of you in the subconscious layers of mind and till you have cleansed and purified your subconscious, they are with you like your own shadow.
Fear, anger, anxiety, tension, they are not only enemies; they are also the forces which create opportunities for all of us to rise to our Divine inheritance. If you have not gone through pain and bondage why should you ever try to rise or work to overcome them and transcend them?
Mantra is the mystic power, the tool for us to work with, the non-violent weapon to transform the diabolic forces into Divine Light and Love. Every faith tradition that has created enlightened Masters, have all used it, it is the Word, it is the Sound, and it is the primordial essence of all that is.
Never curse your negative weaknesses it only empowers them, they are mere reminders of your challenges of life. They are there, for you are born to work with them, through them, Beyond them. Yes, Mantra will do that miracle you are waiting to see in life!!
The document summarizes key aspects of the Indian government's 2015 budget that was presented by Kishan Kumar Sharma, Vijay Reddy, and Sailesh to Mr. Ravi Kumar. The budget focuses on housing, basic facilities, livelihood opportunities, and decreasing poverty. It outlines estimates for planned and non-planned expenditures, tax receipts, and reductions in fiscal and revenue deficits. Key areas that will receive funding include agriculture, rural infrastructure, education, defence, welfare schemes, and the financial sector.
The document summarizes key aspects of the 2018-19 Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister of India. The budget focused on 6 themes: farmer, rural population, poor/underprivileged, infrastructure, financial sector, and tax proposals. It allocated funds for agriculture, rural development, healthcare, railways, women's employment, and disinvestment. The overall goals were fiscal deficit management and achieving economic stability and growth through prudent financial planning.
This budget plan document outlines the key initiatives and allocations for the 2018-19 financial year. It includes increases in healthcare spending through the Ayushman Bharat program, investments in agriculture through operations like Krish Yojana, and enhancements to sectors like education, infrastructure, and transportation. Major expenditures are directed towards programs for poverty alleviation, rural development, healthcare, irrigation, and clean energy. The total budget announced for 2018-19 is 24.57 lakh crore rupees.
This budget plan document outlines the key highlights of India's 2018-19 fiscal year budget. It includes summaries of planned expenditures and initiatives related to health, agriculture, education, infrastructure, transportation, and cleaning the Ganga river. The health section allocates funds for insurance coverage for low-income families and TB patients. Agriculture initiatives include Operation Green and increased MSP for crops. Education budgets include funds for new medical colleges and scholarships for families. Infrastructure covers housing, electrification, sanitation, and water projects. Transportation allocates funds for railways, stations, and tracks. The total budget for 2018-19 is 24.57 lakh crore rupees.
The document provides an overview of the key focuses and allocations of the Union Budgets of India for 2017-18 and 2018-19. Some of the main focuses of the 2018-19 budget included uplifting rural economy, strengthening agriculture, healthcare, and education. Key allocations for 2018-19 included Rs. 14.34 lakh crore for rural development, Rs. 5,750 crore for rural livelihood mission, and establishing a national health protection scheme. The document also summarizes sectors like agriculture, health, education, taxation, and defense for both years.
The Union Budget for 2017-18 pledged relief for rural India, middle class taxpayers and small and medium-sized companies in the Union Budget 2017-18, saying the government would spend thousands of crores to double farmers' incomes, upgrade infrastructure and provide affordable housing. While unveiling the budget the Hon’ble Finance Minister emphasised that the budget is built on three pillars “Transform, Energise and Clean India”, that is, TEC India. This agenda of TEC India seeks to transform the quality of governance and quality of life of the citizens of India, energise various sections of society, especially the youth and the vulnerable sections of the society and enable them to unleash their true potential. The emphasis of TEC India is also to clean the country from the evils of corruption, black money, and non-transparent political funding. The main focus of the Budget has been to boost government expenditure in order to increase growth, and to muster employment generation.
The Finance Minister said the Indian economy was doing well despite global trends of slowing growth in other emerging economies. He also delivered a big relief to foreign portfolio investors by exempting them from indirect transfer provisions. The centre’s budget size has been pegged at Rs. 21.47 lakh crore, with an increase of 25.47 per cent in capital expenditure. As regards fiscal consolidation, the FM has targeted fiscal deficit of 3.2 per cent for 2017-18 as against earlier target of 3 per cent. For agriculture and rural sector, Mr Jaitley has increased the allocation by 24 per cent to Rs. 1.87 lakh crore for 2017-18. In the case of infrastructure, the planned public investment stood at massive Rs. 3.96 lakh crore.
We have developed an analysis of the budget, which includes opinion pieces from eminent economists and experts.
The document summarizes key aspects of the India Budget 2016, including:
1) It focuses on 9 pillars to transform India including agriculture, rural employment, social sectors, infrastructure, financial reforms, and ease of doing business.
2) Key allocations include Rs. 36,000 crores for agriculture and farmer welfare, Rs. 38,500 crores for MGNREGS, and Rs. 2,21,246 crores for infrastructure development.
3) Reforms aim to boost startups, manufacturing, and increase FDI in various sectors such as insurance and pension funds.
Union Budget 2015 16 through Gender Lens by Prof. Vibuti Patel 8-3-2015 esoci...VIBHUTI PATEL
Union Budget 2015-16 fails to provide for the needs of the women in the country, with budgetary allocation for most women’s development schemes facing a steep reduction. This article reviews the budget through a gender lens and finds the vision for inclusivity sorely lacking. Allocations for mid-day meals, integrated child development schemes, girl child education, and women’s safety, among others have been critically under-funded in the current Budget.
Union budget 2015 16 through gender lens by prof. vibuti patel 8-3-2015 esoci...VIBHUTI PATEL
The Union Budget 2015-16 fails to adequately address the needs of women in India. Budget allocations for key women's development programs like mid-day meals, child development schemes, and girl's education have been significantly reduced. The budget also reduces funding for women's safety initiatives and social security programs that many vulnerable women rely on. Overall, the gender budget has been cut by 20% compared to last year despite ongoing issues like high maternal and child mortality. The budget neglects critical needs of working women, female farmers, and elderly women while visions of women's empowerment and development are undermined by lack of proper funding.
20220722 RS Unstarred Question about Farmer Suicides AU671.pdfsabrangsabrang
This document is the response from the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to an unstarred question asked in the Rajya Sabha regarding suicide among farmers. It provides data from the National Crime Records Bureau on farmer suicides in India from 2018 to 2020, with the highest numbers in Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana. It also outlines several measures taken by the government and Reserve Bank of India to provide credit, insurance, income support and welfare schemes to support farmers and address farm distress.
The Finance Minister described the past year as a "year of recovery interrupted" and said tough decisions were needed in the budget. Some key points of the budget included raising income tax exemption limits, increasing service tax and excise duty rates, allocating more funds for defense, rural development, and infrastructure projects. The Finance Minister also outlined priorities like addressing black money, corruption, and malnutrition in the coming year and estimated GDP growth of 7.6% for 2012-13 with lower inflation.
The document provides an analysis of the Indian government's budget allocations for Dalits and Tribals. It notes that the Tribal Sub Plan and Special Component Plan were established to allocate funds for Dalits and Tribals in proportion to their population. However, an examination of budgets shows that claims of increased allocations are misleading, and in reality funding suffers from the same discrimination faced by these communities. Key features of guidelines for these allocations are also outlined, including that funds should be non-lapsable, non-divertible, and spent only on programs directly benefiting these groups.
The document provides a summary of key highlights from the Union Budget 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Some key points include allocating higher funds for agriculture, infrastructure, and social sectors. The fiscal deficit was pegged at 3.5% and revenue deficit at 2.5% for 2015-16. The budget proposed new taxes such as a 1% tax on luxury cars and cash transactions over Rs. 2 lakh. It also allocated funds for initiatives related to healthcare, education, rural development, and banking sector reforms. The budget faced criticism from some sections around proposals to tax a portion of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) balances.
The document summarizes the key points of the Union Budget of India including economic indicators, fiscal developments, policies for agriculture, education, infrastructure, rural development, and taxes. It provides an overview of the economic survey highlighting growth rates, challenges faced by the economy, and the state of key sectors. The budget aims to boost rural employment and development through increased allocations while taking a cautious approach to reforms due to the global economic slowdown.
Case study of Gokarna Multi-village scheme, Kumta, Karnataka_IIM-B_2023.pdfIndia Water Portal
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems: Case presentation from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM chair for O&M, Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation on 2nd November 2023.
Financial sustainability of schemes managed by PHED in Punjab_Krishnakumar Th...India Water Portal
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems: Case presentation from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM chair for O&M, Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation on 2nd November 2023.
If you are tense for some reason, know that you are caught in the rut of unconsciousness. A spiritual seeker should wake up and relax. How can you relax till the situations change? Situations change only when you relax, look up, look within, and take refuge in the Mantra and repeat it with Love and trust in its infinite power to clear the fog of your mind and it Works!!
Each religion has its own powerful sounds that evoke the God in us. God is light. When you evoke the Light, dark forces that conspire sitting in your own mind cannot work. Unconsciousness creates the ground for the negative forces to work, and negative forces are dark, they are effective in darkness, they cannot tolerate light, can’t survive in light, so they always look for opportunities when we are off guard, a little slip from the state of consciousness and you are enveloped with dark forces!
They are not waiting outside of you to enter, they are right there inside of you in the subconscious layers of mind and till you have cleansed and purified your subconscious, they are with you like your own shadow.
Fear, anger, anxiety, tension, they are not only enemies; they are also the forces which create opportunities for all of us to rise to our Divine inheritance. If you have not gone through pain and bondage why should you ever try to rise or work to overcome them and transcend them?
Mantra is the mystic power, the tool for us to work with, the non-violent weapon to transform the diabolic forces into Divine Light and Love. Every faith tradition that has created enlightened Masters, have all used it, it is the Word, it is the Sound, and it is the primordial essence of all that is.
Never curse your negative weaknesses it only empowers them, they are mere reminders of your challenges of life. They are there, for you are born to work with them, through them, Beyond them. Yes, Mantra will do that miracle you are waiting to see in life!!
This presentation is an attempt to summarize the salient points of the Indian Budget 2016-17.It is a presentation with basic details and its target audience are students undertaking Graduate level and MBA courses.
The document discusses the Indian government's budget for 2013-14 as presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Some key allocations and plans included allocating Rs. 17,700 crore to the Integrated Child Development Scheme (an 11.7% increase), commending the ICDS for spending its entire 2012-13 budget, and continuing focus on early childhood care. A multi-sectoral nutrition program was allocated Rs. 300 crore initially.
The document provides details on key announcements made in the Indian Union Budget for 2018-2019. It summarizes budget allocations and policy measures across several sectors including agriculture, rural development, health, education, infrastructure, digital initiatives, taxation policies, banking & financial sector reforms, employment generation, housing, and defense.
The Union Budget 2017-18 allocated Rs 187,223 crore for rural, agricultural and allied sectors, a 24% increase over the previous year. The Ministry of Agriculture was allocated Rs 51,026 crore, a 6.1% increase over the previous year. Key allocations included Rs 6,800 crore for agricultural research and education (9.1% increase) and Rs 2,371 crore for animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries (18.9% increase). The budget also proposed increasing agricultural credit targets to Rs 10 lakh crore, allocating Rs 9,000 crore for crop insurance schemes, and providing Rs 75 lakh per e-NAM market to develop agricultural markets.
If you are tense for some reason, know that you are caught in the rut of unconsciousness. A spiritual seeker should wake up and relax. How can you relax till the situations change? Situations change only when you relax, look up, look within, and take refuge in the Mantra and repeat it with Love and trust in its infinite power to clear the fog of your mind and it Works!!
Each religion has its own powerful sounds that evoke the God in us. God is light. When you evoke the Light, dark forces that conspire sitting in your own mind cannot work. Unconsciousness creates the ground for the negative forces to work, and negative forces are dark, they are effective in darkness, they cannot tolerate light, can’t survive in light, so they always look for opportunities when we are off guard, a little slip from the state of consciousness and you are enveloped with dark forces!
They are not waiting outside of you to enter, they are right there inside of you in the subconscious layers of mind and till you have cleansed and purified your subconscious, they are with you like your own shadow.
Fear, anger, anxiety, tension, they are not only enemies; they are also the forces which create opportunities for all of us to rise to our Divine inheritance. If you have not gone through pain and bondage why should you ever try to rise or work to overcome them and transcend them?
Mantra is the mystic power, the tool for us to work with, the non-violent weapon to transform the diabolic forces into Divine Light and Love. Every faith tradition that has created enlightened Masters, have all used it, it is the Word, it is the Sound, and it is the primordial essence of all that is.
Never curse your negative weaknesses it only empowers them, they are mere reminders of your challenges of life. They are there, for you are born to work with them, through them, Beyond them. Yes, Mantra will do that miracle you are waiting to see in life!!
The document summarizes key aspects of the Indian government's 2015 budget that was presented by Kishan Kumar Sharma, Vijay Reddy, and Sailesh to Mr. Ravi Kumar. The budget focuses on housing, basic facilities, livelihood opportunities, and decreasing poverty. It outlines estimates for planned and non-planned expenditures, tax receipts, and reductions in fiscal and revenue deficits. Key areas that will receive funding include agriculture, rural infrastructure, education, defence, welfare schemes, and the financial sector.
The document summarizes key aspects of the 2018-19 Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister of India. The budget focused on 6 themes: farmer, rural population, poor/underprivileged, infrastructure, financial sector, and tax proposals. It allocated funds for agriculture, rural development, healthcare, railways, women's employment, and disinvestment. The overall goals were fiscal deficit management and achieving economic stability and growth through prudent financial planning.
This budget plan document outlines the key initiatives and allocations for the 2018-19 financial year. It includes increases in healthcare spending through the Ayushman Bharat program, investments in agriculture through operations like Krish Yojana, and enhancements to sectors like education, infrastructure, and transportation. Major expenditures are directed towards programs for poverty alleviation, rural development, healthcare, irrigation, and clean energy. The total budget announced for 2018-19 is 24.57 lakh crore rupees.
This budget plan document outlines the key highlights of India's 2018-19 fiscal year budget. It includes summaries of planned expenditures and initiatives related to health, agriculture, education, infrastructure, transportation, and cleaning the Ganga river. The health section allocates funds for insurance coverage for low-income families and TB patients. Agriculture initiatives include Operation Green and increased MSP for crops. Education budgets include funds for new medical colleges and scholarships for families. Infrastructure covers housing, electrification, sanitation, and water projects. Transportation allocates funds for railways, stations, and tracks. The total budget for 2018-19 is 24.57 lakh crore rupees.
The document provides an overview of the key focuses and allocations of the Union Budgets of India for 2017-18 and 2018-19. Some of the main focuses of the 2018-19 budget included uplifting rural economy, strengthening agriculture, healthcare, and education. Key allocations for 2018-19 included Rs. 14.34 lakh crore for rural development, Rs. 5,750 crore for rural livelihood mission, and establishing a national health protection scheme. The document also summarizes sectors like agriculture, health, education, taxation, and defense for both years.
The Union Budget for 2017-18 pledged relief for rural India, middle class taxpayers and small and medium-sized companies in the Union Budget 2017-18, saying the government would spend thousands of crores to double farmers' incomes, upgrade infrastructure and provide affordable housing. While unveiling the budget the Hon’ble Finance Minister emphasised that the budget is built on three pillars “Transform, Energise and Clean India”, that is, TEC India. This agenda of TEC India seeks to transform the quality of governance and quality of life of the citizens of India, energise various sections of society, especially the youth and the vulnerable sections of the society and enable them to unleash their true potential. The emphasis of TEC India is also to clean the country from the evils of corruption, black money, and non-transparent political funding. The main focus of the Budget has been to boost government expenditure in order to increase growth, and to muster employment generation.
The Finance Minister said the Indian economy was doing well despite global trends of slowing growth in other emerging economies. He also delivered a big relief to foreign portfolio investors by exempting them from indirect transfer provisions. The centre’s budget size has been pegged at Rs. 21.47 lakh crore, with an increase of 25.47 per cent in capital expenditure. As regards fiscal consolidation, the FM has targeted fiscal deficit of 3.2 per cent for 2017-18 as against earlier target of 3 per cent. For agriculture and rural sector, Mr Jaitley has increased the allocation by 24 per cent to Rs. 1.87 lakh crore for 2017-18. In the case of infrastructure, the planned public investment stood at massive Rs. 3.96 lakh crore.
We have developed an analysis of the budget, which includes opinion pieces from eminent economists and experts.
The document summarizes key aspects of the India Budget 2016, including:
1) It focuses on 9 pillars to transform India including agriculture, rural employment, social sectors, infrastructure, financial reforms, and ease of doing business.
2) Key allocations include Rs. 36,000 crores for agriculture and farmer welfare, Rs. 38,500 crores for MGNREGS, and Rs. 2,21,246 crores for infrastructure development.
3) Reforms aim to boost startups, manufacturing, and increase FDI in various sectors such as insurance and pension funds.
Union Budget 2015 16 through Gender Lens by Prof. Vibuti Patel 8-3-2015 esoci...VIBHUTI PATEL
Union Budget 2015-16 fails to provide for the needs of the women in the country, with budgetary allocation for most women’s development schemes facing a steep reduction. This article reviews the budget through a gender lens and finds the vision for inclusivity sorely lacking. Allocations for mid-day meals, integrated child development schemes, girl child education, and women’s safety, among others have been critically under-funded in the current Budget.
Union budget 2015 16 through gender lens by prof. vibuti patel 8-3-2015 esoci...VIBHUTI PATEL
The Union Budget 2015-16 fails to adequately address the needs of women in India. Budget allocations for key women's development programs like mid-day meals, child development schemes, and girl's education have been significantly reduced. The budget also reduces funding for women's safety initiatives and social security programs that many vulnerable women rely on. Overall, the gender budget has been cut by 20% compared to last year despite ongoing issues like high maternal and child mortality. The budget neglects critical needs of working women, female farmers, and elderly women while visions of women's empowerment and development are undermined by lack of proper funding.
20220722 RS Unstarred Question about Farmer Suicides AU671.pdfsabrangsabrang
This document is the response from the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to an unstarred question asked in the Rajya Sabha regarding suicide among farmers. It provides data from the National Crime Records Bureau on farmer suicides in India from 2018 to 2020, with the highest numbers in Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana. It also outlines several measures taken by the government and Reserve Bank of India to provide credit, insurance, income support and welfare schemes to support farmers and address farm distress.
The Finance Minister described the past year as a "year of recovery interrupted" and said tough decisions were needed in the budget. Some key points of the budget included raising income tax exemption limits, increasing service tax and excise duty rates, allocating more funds for defense, rural development, and infrastructure projects. The Finance Minister also outlined priorities like addressing black money, corruption, and malnutrition in the coming year and estimated GDP growth of 7.6% for 2012-13 with lower inflation.
The document provides an analysis of the Indian government's budget allocations for Dalits and Tribals. It notes that the Tribal Sub Plan and Special Component Plan were established to allocate funds for Dalits and Tribals in proportion to their population. However, an examination of budgets shows that claims of increased allocations are misleading, and in reality funding suffers from the same discrimination faced by these communities. Key features of guidelines for these allocations are also outlined, including that funds should be non-lapsable, non-divertible, and spent only on programs directly benefiting these groups.
The document provides a summary of key highlights from the Union Budget 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Some key points include allocating higher funds for agriculture, infrastructure, and social sectors. The fiscal deficit was pegged at 3.5% and revenue deficit at 2.5% for 2015-16. The budget proposed new taxes such as a 1% tax on luxury cars and cash transactions over Rs. 2 lakh. It also allocated funds for initiatives related to healthcare, education, rural development, and banking sector reforms. The budget faced criticism from some sections around proposals to tax a portion of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) balances.
The document summarizes the key points of the Union Budget of India including economic indicators, fiscal developments, policies for agriculture, education, infrastructure, rural development, and taxes. It provides an overview of the economic survey highlighting growth rates, challenges faced by the economy, and the state of key sectors. The budget aims to boost rural employment and development through increased allocations while taking a cautious approach to reforms due to the global economic slowdown.
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Case study of Gokarna Multi-village scheme, Kumta, Karnataka_IIM-B_2023.pdfIndia Water Portal
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems: Case presentation from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM chair for O&M, Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation on 2nd November 2023.
Financial sustainability of schemes managed by PHED in Punjab_Krishnakumar Th...India Water Portal
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems: Case presentation from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM chair for O&M, Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation on 2nd November 2023.
Functioning of Single Village Drinking Water Supply Schemes in Rural Odisha_G...India Water Portal
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems: Case presentation from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM chair for O&M, Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation on 2nd November 2023.
Managing drinking water infrastructure in West Bengal Gram Panchayats_Sujata ...India Water Portal
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems: Case presentation from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM chair for O&M, Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation on 2nd November 2023.
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems: Case presentation from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM chair for O&M, Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation on 2nd November 2023.
Social behavioural change to drive community ownership_ Divyang Waghela_Tata ...India Water Portal
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems: Case presentation from a national symposium symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM chair for O&M, Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation on 2nd November 2023.
The document provides guidelines for implementing a "Speaking Wall" called "Suno Bolo" to capture community voices. It discusses:
1) The components of a Speaking Wall including images, messages, data, and digital connections.
2) Strategies for content at different levels from images to audio clips linked to QR codes.
3) A working flow of Suno Bolo including group discussions, recording community responses (Bolo), discussing responses, and recording new learnings.
4) Guidance on setting up and starting the Suno Bolo process, including costs, selecting initial topics, and demonstrating the system to encourage participation.
Karnataka plans to ensure every rural household tap water connection by 2024. In 2021-22, the State plans to provide 25 lakh tap water connections in its rural areas.
Presently, Karnataka has 91.19 lakh rural households, out of which only 28.44 lakh (31.2%) have tap water supply. So far, 23 panchayats and 676 villages in the State have been declared ‘Har Ghar Jal’. 95% schools and 95% anganwadi centres, 84% ashramshalas, 91% gram panchayat buildings and 92% health centres have piped water connections in Karnataka. The State plans to cover the learning centres, GP building and Health centres in next few months. There is urgent need for grey water management and behaviour change among people so that water, which is a limited resource, is used judiciously. The state plans to cover 17,111 villages falling under the priority category i.e. drought prone and desert region, SC/ ST dominated habitations, Aspirational districts, etc. in the current financial year.
This document covers the IEC material being developed to build capacities on water source strengthening/ augmentation, water supply, greywater treatment & reuse, and operation & maintenance of in-village water supply systems, water quality monitoring and surveillance etc.
The state has to involve the local village community/ gram panchayats and or user groups in planning, implementation, management, operation and maintenance of water supply systems in villages to ensure long-term sustainability thereby help achieve drinking water security. It has started IEC campaign through community engagement in all villages.
This document outlines a water security planning case study from Chhuanthar Tlangnuam village in Mizoram, India. It describes the village demographics, 6 springs that supply water, and seasonal water availability. Field visits involved mapping resources and social aspects, surveys of households, and water demand calculations. Analysis found water demand exceeds supply in summer. A water security plan was developed to address the gap.
The document discusses water quality parameters for assessing groundwater and surface water sources. It provides information on various physical, chemical, and biological parameters including pH, hardness, TDS, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, and fecal coliforms. It explains acceptable limits for these parameters according to BIS standards and potential health effects of contamination. The document also discusses how factors like geology, land use, and anthropogenic activities influence water quality in different areas.
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
Community mobilization and institutional framework including monitoring mecha...India Water Portal
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
Concept and approach of springshed development and management 22 jan 2020India Water Portal
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
This document discusses the classification of springs based on hydrogeology. It defines different types of springs that form due to specific geological conditions: depression springs form in low-lying areas where the water table intersects land surface; contact springs occur at boundaries between permeable and impermeable rock layers; fracture springs form where joints or fractures intersect the surface; fault springs can develop along fault zones; and karst springs are commonly seen in limestone areas where solution features have formed. Spring discharge varies seasonally and by spring type, with factors like aquifer properties, catchment conditions, and recharge areas influencing output. A typology of springs is proposed considering geological setting and factors like discharge quantity and variability.
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
Over the last decade, demand for spring management has increased as traditional spring sources have started drying up or becoming contaminated. In response, communities, NGOs and state agencies began dedicated spring protection programmes. In the Himalayas, the State of Sikkim and organizations such as Central Himalayan Action and Research Group (CHIRAG) and People Science Institute (PSI) started identifying and protecting spring recharge areas around 2007. The difference between these programmes and many other previous efforts is that they went beyond supply-side improvements to focus on the use of hydrogeology to map springsheds for targeted interventions.
The Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a research and capacity-building organization comprised of hydrogeologists and other experts began lending their expertise and building capacity of stakeholders. ACWADAM provides technical support, training and materials in hydrogeology to all network partners as well as others in India and the region. Similar programmes began independently in most of the mountain regions of India. Arghyam, a funding organization that was supporting many of these programmes, noticed that these disparate initiatives shared commonalities despite geographic diversity. They thus organized and funded a meeting of these various organizations in June 2014, and the Springs Initiative was born.
The springs initiative aims to tackle the current water crisis and to ensure safe and sustainable access to water for all, by promoting responsible and appropriate management of aquifers, springsheds, and watersheds and conserving ecosystems in partnership with communities, governments and other stakeholders.
This presentation has been developed as a part of the springs initiative to promote an understanding of springs and their role in mountainous areas.
To arrest the decline in groundwater levels, Atal Bhujal Yojana or Atal Jal - perhaps India’s largest community led groundwater management program till date - was launched in December 2019. This presentation deals with capacity building planned under the scheme, the responsibilities for capacity building, identified needs for capacity building, skill development/ workshop/ handholding, training institutions, awareness creation and IEC.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
2. Emphasizes growth and infrastructure. Although it has announced social security
schemes and increased outlays for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by Rs 5,000 crore, it proposes massive cuts in social
sectors.
3. The Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation faces a budget cut from Rs.
12,107 crore last year to Rs. 6243 crore. This leaves a question mark on the Swachh
Bharat Mission, which the NDA Government has given its topmost priority.
4. Ministry of Water Resources , River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has been
allocated a lower amount of Rs. 4,232 crore against Rs. 6,009 crore in last years budget
. There has been an increase in the budget for the National Ganga Plan from Rs. 1,500
to Rs. 2,100 crore. However, the Government is quite vague on the cleaning of the as it
lacks scientific planning and direction to clean the river.
5. The Centre’s total outlay for the agricultural sector declines by 10.4% from last year.
The Agriculture Ministry’s budget has reduced by 14.34% compared to last year.
Budget for the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has reduced
by Rs. 683 crore.
6. The budget lowers the Centre’s share under irrigation and other schemes such as the
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) by
Rs.5,500 crore. It hopes for contributions from the State Governments, but presents
no clear plan on sharing mechanisms.
7. Allocates Rs 5,300 crore to support micro-irrigation, watershed development and the
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY). Importance given to increasing the
irrigated area, improving the efficiency of existing irrigation systems, promoting agro-
based industry, but problems related to issues of water logging and flooding left out.
The PMKSY yet to see light of the day.
8. Misses out the acute water crisis of the Marathwada region in Maharashtra and
proposes no technological investment to bring down water consumption in the water-
intensive sugarcane industries in the region.
9. Fails to mention crop and livestock insurance for catastrophic events such as floods
and cyclones, despite agriculture being a priority. Also, fails to address important
climate change concerns.
10. Slashes allocations for the Ministry of Panchayati Raj to Rs. 94.75 crore from Rs.
3,400.69 crore. Cuts funds for the Department of Land Resources to Rs. 1,637 crore
from Rs. 2,508 crore.
11. The current budget seems to provide no light at the end of
the tunnel to solve the pressing problems related to water
resources, agriculture, environmental degradation and
pollution and the risks of climate change. Will this
emphasis on infrastructure and growth over social and
environmental concerns really lead to development?
Experience tells us otherwise!