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What has the central government been spending on?

Almost half the central government’s expenditure has been on relatively inflexible items such as interest payments, defence, police and transfers to states, expenditure, leaving little available for development

India's public spending on health well below global avg:Survey

The country's public spending on health is "little over" 1 per cent of GDP, the Economic Survey said today, adding that there are "insufficient" instances of good models in the health sector.

More steps on the anvil for expenditure efficiency: Lavasa

Government is looking at ways to improve expenditure management for judicious utilisation of resources while continuing with the pace of public spending to keep the economy moving, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said

Govt unlikely to curtail borrowing programme for FY16

The government has decided not to cut its annual borrowing this fiscal as it wants to keep public spending high in order to keep growth engines running.

'It is a make-or-break Budget for Modi govt'

Professor at Dartmouth College, Vijay Govindarajan, says the government should increase public spending to ensure a healthy demand in the system and also encourage private spending

Union Budget 2015: Expect positive announcements for banking sector, says Jain

In an interview to CNBC-TV18's Latha Venkatesh, Sonia Shenoy & Anuj Singhal, Nilesh Shah of Kotak Mahindra AMC and Nirmal Jain of IIFL gave their take on Arun Jaitley's Union Budget and their outlook on the road ahead.

Union Budget 2015: Stanchart sees FM delivering on fiscal consolidation target

Standard Chartered expects higher budgetary allocations towards sectors like roads, rural development and power distribution

Budget 2013: 'Women need more funds for safety, empowerment in Budget'

A massive increase in spending on women's security and empowerment is desperately needed in India's national Budget, women's rights groups said on Wednesday, the eve of the country's most important economic announcement of the year.