Budget 2009

In their final stimulus package for 2008-09, the UPA Government and the Reserve Bank of India took wide ranging measures to address the problems in the monetary, infrastructure and export sectors.

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  How is the Union Budget prepared
  
  Overall responsibility of consolidating, finalising and printing of General Budget documents, Supplementary and Excess Demands for Grants and Parliamentary business connected therewith
  Provisioning of funds for expenditure by Ministries/Departments
  Monitoring of the Ways & Means position, Market borrowing programme of Central and State Governments and Government guaranteed Institutions
  National Savings Institute and Small Savings Schemes
  Finance Commission, Budgets of States under President’s Rule, Consent for borrowing of States under Article 293 of the Constitution, Release of share in Central taxes and Ways & Means
  Advances to States, State reorganisation matters
  Audit & Accounts matters
  Government guarantees
  Non-tax receipts of Government
  Resources for Annual and 5 year Plans
  Contingency Fund of India
  Investment pattern of non-Government Provident Funds & Pension Funds
  Fixation of terms & conditions including interest rates on Central Government ’s lending
  Railway Convention Committee, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Estimates Committee, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance , Public Accounts Committee
  Performance Budget
  Treasurer, Charitable Endowments of India