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Time of India
38 minutes ago
- Time of India
State in top three for Q1 capex surge
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh ranks among the top three states in capital expenditure growth in the first quarter of 2025–26, clocking a 41 per cent jump over last year. According to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, Gujarat led with 65 per cent growth, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 42 per cent. Sixteen states posted year-on-year gains in Q1 capex. Madhya Pradesh has achieved an outstanding position so far, stated an official statement issued here on Tuesday. The Centre and states have together accelerated capex spending in the first quarter of FY 26. The Central govt data on provisional capex between April to June 2025 show a growth of 52 percent at Rs 275132 crore. The Centre has already utilised one fourth or 25 % of its budgeted capex of Rs. 11.2 lakh crore for the year in quarter first compared to just 16 percent utilised last year. As the CAG data reveals, the details of 23 states have clocked aggregate capex of Rs 99478 crore in quarter first compared to Rs 81,494 crore in the same period last year representing 22 percent growth. Madhya Pradesh has shown a remarkable annual growth, better than comparatively more prosperous states. In 2011-12 the per capita net state domestic product surged from Rs. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Honduras: New Container Houses (Prices May Surprise You) Container House | Search Ads Search Now Undo 38,497 to Rs 67,300 in 2023-24, recording an average annual growth rate of 4.8 per cent. This pace was faster than that of richer states like Maharashtra - 4.3 percent and Haryana 4.6 percent. In 2023-24, the GDP of Madhya Pradesh at current prices stood at Rs 13 lakh 53 thousand 809 crore having 11.05 percent increase. Now, it has touched Rs 15 lakh 03 thousand 395 crore. The speedier growth underlines a strong economy of the state and integrated development. Now, the goal is to double it by 2028-29. Per capita income in 2024-25 at current prices is Rs 1 lakh 52 thousand 615 while at constant price it is Rs 70 thousand 434, added the release. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Economic Times
40 minutes ago
- Economic Times
Centre targets December for digitisation of land right records
Synopsis The central government is aggressively pursuing the complete digitisation of land records across India by December, excluding the north-eastern states and Ladakh, to pave the way for future land reforms. With significant progress already made, including the digitisation of nearly all available land records and cadastral maps, this initiative aims to spur economic growth and improve transparency. Land right records digitisation (Image for representation) The central government is aiming for a 100% digitisation of land right records by December across the country, barring north-eastern states and Ladakh, a senior official said. This would be a significant step in paving the way for future land reforms in the country to spur economic growth, he added. So far, 372.12 million, or 99.8%, of available land records, have been digitised, according to the latest land resources department data. Similarly, 97.3% of cadastral maps have been digitised. As many as 89.7% of revenue courts and all the sub-registrar offices across the country have been computerised. The Centre is in regular talks with states to remove any remaining hurdles in the digitisation efforts, the official are not available in most parts of the north-eastern states due to the community ownership of land. Ladakh started the digitisation of land records a couple of years ago and will need some more time to wrap up the exercise, the official reforms are among the most critical measures that the government is planning to initiate to bolster the market and drive up economic expansion over the medium-to-long term amid tariff and other global headwinds. Senior finance ministry officials have already stated that land reforms would be undertaken without snatching away ownership from people. The digitisation of land ownerships is an absolute prerequisite for land resources department had launched the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme in 2016 by revamping an earlier scheme to improve real-time information on land rights, optimise the use of land resources, reduce the scope of disputes and improve transparency in such record maintenance systems. The central government fully funds this programme, which is implemented with the help of states.
Deccan Herald
40 minutes ago
- Deccan Herald
No plans to declare cow national animal: Centre
The Centre has no plans to enact any law declaring cows as the national animal, Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying S P Singh Baghel told Parliament on Tuesday. The minister said the central government has been implementing the Rashtriya Gokul Mission since December 2014 to support and strengthen initiatives undertaken by states and Union Territories for the promotion, protection, and rearing of cows. On milk production, Baghel informed the House that cow milk contributed 53.12 per cent of the country's total milk production of 239.30 million tonnes in 2024, while buffalo milk accounted for 43.62 per cent.
