Parliament met for the 12th sitting of the Budget Session today.
Rajya Sabha further discussed the Railways Budget, which was underway at the time of sending this diary.
Lok Sabha undertook a discussion on the Demands for Grants of the
Ministry of Environment and Forests today. The Ministry has been
allocated a total of Rs. 2256 crore for 2014-2015, which constitutes 0.2
percent of the total Demands for Grants of all Ministries.
An Analysis of the Demands for Grants (2014-15) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests reveals the following:
Major new initiatives announced in the Union Budget (2014-15) related to the environment are:
Note: These schemes will not be implemented by the Ministry of
Environment and Forests but other ministries. However, these related to
the environment.