The farm sector, which employs nearly half the country’s population, accounts for about 16% of India’s gross domestic product ...

Underlines the pivot to middle class that has been apparent in the Delhi poll campaign, and has a clear eye on Bihar, which ...

The government's flagship Khelo India programme to scout and nurture athletes at the grassroots level was the biggest ...

County officials recommend some cuts to homeless services, part of a changing approach ahead of the Measure A sales tax ...

India will launch a six-year programme to boost the output of pulse crops by taking measures including directing state ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has presented an annual budget that focuses on wooing the salaried middle class with tax cuts and spurring economic growth by boosting agriculture and ...

India will spend 860 billion rupees ($9.94 billion) on its flagship rural jobs guarantee programme in the next financial year ...

Vermont’s motel program for people experiencing homelessness will revert to the rules that previously caused an outcry. Lawmakers must decide if there’s a better long-term plan for state-provided ...

U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

Republican proposals Congress could consider this year would take away or reduce food assistance from tens of millions of ...

Recent federal budget proposals would shift significant costs, explicitly or implicitly, to states and localities by ...

The sprawling transit agency’s much talked about, multi-year, major-projects plan almost always takes a winding route to the finish line.