Tag: budget
Modi’s government pledges spending on jobs but fiscal prudence in post-election budget – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
India’s finance ministry on Tuesday lowered the country’s fiscal deficit target to 4.9% for the financial year ending March 2025, a revision from 5.1% during the pre-election interim budget published back in February. That target will then fall to 4.5% or lower for financial year ending March 2026, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during …
No state budget this year means Medicaid could run low
This story was originally published by North Carolina Health News on July 18, 2024. NC Medicaid costs fluctuate each year. The state Department of Health and Human Services forecasts how costs might change and asks the legislature for funding adjustments based on those predictions. For the 2024-25 fiscal year, the department asked for almost half …
The new Pa. state budget includes many initiatives for higher education
The new Pennsylvania budget includes a number of new components that could greatly impact the state’s higher education institutions, including more scholarships for students, accountability for institutions, and incentives to close gaps in high-demand workforce needs. And while some of the exact initiatives initially envisioned by Gov. Josh Shapiro did not make the cut, much …
State budget provision bans cellphones in classrooms
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – A provision in the state budget prohibits cellphone use during school hours at public schools. The state budget also mandates that school districts need to implement an anti-phone policy in order to receive state funding. Schools that don’t have a policy regulating the use of cellphones must now develop one. The …