more-inKozhikode has high expectations from the Union Budget 2017 which will be presented in Parliament on Wednesday. The fate of the project is hanging in balance as the Union Finance Ministry has not yet approved the proposal of the Defence Ministry which has sought Rs. Previously, the Finance Ministry had objected to Nirdesh, an autonomous body under the Department of Defence Production of the Union Ministry of Defence, for various reasons including the enormous funding it would require. The Union Ministry of Health had earlier promised that the Centre would establish an AIIMS-like institute in each State. Although for the first time the Railway Budget will be merged with the Union Budget, Confederation of All India Rail Users chairman C.E.

Source: The Hindu February 01, 2017 00:45 UTC