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New Delhi, May 16 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram left on a three-nation visit to UK, France and Qatar, in a bid to sell the India-growth story and woo overseas investors.
During the five-day visit, Chidambaram will hold talks with industrialists,...
ESCAP On India
GROWTH APPROACH UNTENABLE
By Shivaji Sarkar
New Delhi, May 09 : The other day, President Pranab Mukherjee lamented that the multi-nationals are not investing in India to “dodge” tax. The very next day, Finance Minister P Chidambaram...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Erkki Tuomioja meeting the Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, in New Delhi on May 07, 2013.
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at the Inaugural Session of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank, at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh on May 04, 2013. The Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram and the President,...
New Delhi, April 25 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram ruled out the possibility of early elections and said the government will take more reform initiatives in the next two-four months in a bid to boost economic growth and contain deficit and inflationary...
New Delhi, April 19 The parliamentary panel probing the 2G spectrum allocation has blamed former telecom minister A. Raja, holding he had changed the cut off date for the allocation of spectrum and that Finance Minister P.Chidambaram had no role in...
Lucknow, March 29 Efforts of the Uttar Pradesh government to increase the ratio of banks to population in the state are set to get a major boost Friday as union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram comes here to inaugurate 300 new bank branches.
The new...
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, K. Chiranjeevi meeting the Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram to discuss the matters related to Tourism Ministry, in New Delhi on March 22, 2013.
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New Delhi, March 20 The government Tuesday said it was talking to political parties on a resolution concerning the Sri Lankan Tamil issue in parliament, but the move was not linked to the withdrawal of support by the DMK to the UPA.
Addressing the media...
Hyderabad, March 18 Andhra Pradesh Monday presented a tax-free, revenue-surplus budget for 2013-14 with an overall expenditure of over Rs.1.61 lakh crore (nearly $30 billion).
Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy told the assembly during his budget...
The Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram holding the Quarterly Performance Review meeting with CEOs of PSB and FIIs, in New Delhi on March 18, 2013. The Minister of State for Finance, Namo Narain Meena is also seen.
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Waste Management
CAN’T DUMP THE ISSUE
By Dr S Saraswathi
(Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi)
New Delhi, March 07 : One proposal in the Union Budget which craves attention sadly went unnoticed. On Environment, Finance Minister P Chidambaram noted: “India...
Union Budget
CAN FM REWRITE IT?
By Shivaji Sarkar
New Delhi, March 04 : Finance Minister P Chidambaram better rewrite his Budget. People’s expectations of growth acceleration, freedom from inflation and simple tax norms have sadly not been met by the...
New Delhi, March 01 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India slumped by 43.3 percent at $15.85 billion in April-November period of the current financial year as compared to $27.93 billion in the corresponding period previous year, according to the Economic...
New Delhi, March 01 The Delhi Metro was Thursday allocated Rs.3,120 crore ($581.927 million) in the union budget which will be spent on construction of Phase-III to lay another 103 km of tracks.
Of the funds allotted to the urban development ministry,...
New Delhi, March 01 : Finance Minister P. Chidambaram proposed to pump in Rs.5,000 crore ($909.09 million) into ailing national carrier Air India in the next fiscal.
“Budgetary support of Rs.5,000 crore has been earmarked for equity infusion in...
New Delhi, March 01 India will implement the modified General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) aimed at checking tax avoidance by overseas investors from Apr 1, 2016, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said.
Presenting the federal budget in the lower house...
New Delhi, Feb 28 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday appreciated the union budget and said the finance minister had done a “commendable” job.
“The finance minister has done a commendable job in containing the deficit while simultaneously...
The Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram departs from North Block to Parliament House along with the Ministers of State for Finance, Namo Narain Meena and S.S. Palanimanickam to present the General Budget 2013-14, in New Delhi on February 28, 2013.
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New Delhi, Feb 28 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday allocated Rs.1,000 crore to develop job-oriented skills among youth.
“Assuming that 10 lakh (one million) youth can be motivated in one year, skill trained youth will give enormous boost...