Vote-on-account

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  Telangana Presents Rs 2.91 Lakh Crore Budget With Focus On Guarantees

  In February, the Finance Minister presented a Rs 2.75 lakh crore vote-on-account Budget, while for 2023-24, the budget size was Rs 2.90 lakh crore.

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  Opinion: Budget 2024 - BJP Government Signalling A Break From Freebie Raj?

  In a serious departure from political precedence, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's vote-on-account this year has steered clear of populism. Is the country finally debating the feasibility of electoral freebies?

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  Netaji Gets Top Billing In Mamata Banerjee's Budget, Rs 100 Crore Monument

  The star of the last Bengal budget before this year's elections or vote-on-account statement for 2021-22 was easily Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose whose 125th birth anniversary year is being celebrated across the country.

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  Mamata Banerjee Presents Vote-On-Account, Opposition Boycotts Speech

  With state elections round the corner, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday presented a vote-on-account for Rs 2.99 lakh crore in the Assembly, and made a slew of announcements, including a hike in the annual aid of farmers.

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  For 20% Cut In Telangana Budget, KCR Takes Aim At Centre

  Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao presented a bleak picture of not just the state's economy but that of the country as he presented his annual budget proposals, paring spending by nearly 20 per cent from what was presented in the vote-on-account budget in February.

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  Opinion: The Budget Shows Modi's Confidence Of Retaining Power

  No other Prime Minister has ever tried to make a vote-on-account or interim budget his manifesto for the election he is going to face. The assurance, wide sweep and gravitas in the budget that the government has presented shows how confident Narendra Modi is about his return after the polls.

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  "Narendra Modi Government To Take Care Of All": Shiv Pratap Shukla Hits At Populist Measures Ahead Of Budget

  The interim budget is widely expected to feature big announcements ahead of the national election, due by May. It is the last chance for the ruling BJP to win over the masses, especially sections like farmers and the middle class, after it lost three major states - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh -- in last month's elections.

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  Moderate Interest Subsidy For Short-Term Agri Credit Likely In Budget

  The politically-crucial interest subsidy for short term credit to farmers is likely to be a modest one in the vote-on-account which is to be presented by acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal today.

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  Opinion: Opposition Letting Team Modi Off Too Easy - By Yashwant Sinha

  In cricket parlance, the government got all the opportunity in the earlier overs to make runs. It did not. Now, in the last over, they want to hit only sixers and make 40 runs. Whether they will is anybody's guess. But if the other side, namely the opposition, plays carelessly and bowls no balls as they have done in the past, then even that is poss...

• Finance Bill Expected to be Passed by Parliament on July 28

  The finance bill, whose passage signals the end of the Budgetary exercise, is coming up for discussion in the Lok Sabha on July 24 and 25, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prakash Javadekar told reporters.

• Interim budget 2014-15: 10 things to expect from Chidambaram

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present an interim budget for the coming fiscal year on Monday. He will also seek Parliament's approval for expenditure through vote-on-account, which will allow the government to cover its expenditure beyond the current fiscal. By tradition, the interim budget does not contain proposals seeking to tinker with di...

• Andhra Pradesh presents Rs 1.83 lakh crore vote-on-account

  Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy on Monday presented a tax-free, revenue-surplus vote-on-account for 2014-15 with an overall expenditure of over Rs 1.83 lakh crore.

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  Finance ministry locks officials as Budget printing begins

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the interim Budget, which is also called the vote-on-account, on February 17. The government cannot announce a full Budget because of elections due by May 2014. The interim Budget will allow the government to cover its expenditure beyond the current fiscal that ends on March 31, 2014.

• Vote-on-account: 10 things to expect from Chidambaram

  The government will seek Parliament's approval for expenditure through vote-on-account on February 17. The vote-on-account will allow the government to cover its expenditure beyond the current fiscal that ends on March 31, 2014.

• Interim budget: some changes likely in tax rates, says Chidambaram

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram said his vote-on-account budget to be presented in the Lok Sabha on February 17, will be short.