More politicians are getting "Z-plus" security and the new entrants include Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma and BSP MP Brajesh Pathak months after the list of VIPs in this category was pruned during P Chidambaram's tenure as Home Minister. ...
08:40 AM, Mar 09, 2013
The government on Friday set up a committee headed by former chairman and managing director of Canara Bank MBN Rao to prepare the blueprint for the country's first women's bank. ...
04:28 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said the government will try to start national free roaming for customers before October this year. "Trai has floated a consultation paper on it (national free roaming). So when Trai's recommendations come and after that, we will try to start free roaming before October," Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of National Internet Registry (NIR) here. ...
02:25 PM, Mar 07, 2013
India's slowest economic growth in a decade could be even worse than anticipated, as preliminary data released in February showed the economy appears to have grown 5.0 per cent in the fiscal year that ends this month - lower than both the RBI and finance minister's forecasts - underscoring the urgent need for reforms to boost growth. ...
12:15 PM, Mar 07, 2013
India's record-high current account deficit is a chief worry as it is increasing the dependence on foreign investments, the government's top economic adviser said on Tuesday, making the country vulnerable to a sudden stop and reversal in fund inflows. ...
03:59 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram replies the queries of citizens about the Union Budget through Google Hangout. ...
02:48 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram answered questions about Budget 2013 using Google Hangout, a multi-person online video chat, on Monday. Chidambaram joined the camp of other personalities like Barack Obama to use Google Hangout to reach out to people. ...
11:21 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram answered questions about Budget 2013 using Google Hangout, a multi-person online video chat, at 8:00 pm on Monday. Chidambaram joined the camp of other personalities like Barack Obama to use Google Hangout to reach out to people. ...
10:15 AM, Mar 05, 2013
The Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) final report on the farm debt waiver scheme is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. Sources said the report is fairly critical of its implementation, alleging that beneficiaries of the scheme were selected randomly and did not reach the needy farmers. ...
09:55 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the government was hopeful about raising Rs 40,000 crore from stake sale in public sector undertakings (PSUs) in the financial year beginning April 1, 2013. ...
02:27 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Aiming to restart the growth engine, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said he will monitor every quarter the investment plans of public and private sector entities that are sitting on huge cash piles. "Each PSU is required to fill up that proforma, tell us what their capex targets are next year. We will monitor them closely beginning from April, 2013. Every quarter I will monitor what they are investing,"...
11:32 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram joined a Google Hangout to field questions on Budget 2013-14. ...
07:56 PM, Mar 04, 2013
In warning to tax dodgers, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said that a huge amount of data is being mined to go after them and ruled out any amnesty scheme for defaulters. "No. In income tax there is no case for amnesty. Because now almost all returns are online except a small category which was exempt. We have a huge amount of data which is being mined. Therefore, there...
10:45 AM, Mar 04, 2013
On this episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha takes on the Union Budget 2013-14 presented by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament. ...
05:17 PM, Mar 03, 2013
A number of non-legislative decisions covering customs, excise, service tax, insurance and banking to promote growth will be announced in Parliament before the passage of the Finance Bill. Disclosing this here today, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that the budget presented by him on February 28 focussed on the legislative areas and the broad agenda. The government was now working on non-legislative decisions. ...
12:25 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the revenue department will send tax notices to 35,000 assesses next week, beefing up efforts to reach the collection target for the fiscal. ...
03:46 AM, Mar 03, 2013
Former Chief Justice of India JS Verma, who headed a panel that examined laws on crimes against women, on Saturday said in the absence of meaningful social change, measures like the proposed special bank for women were merely tokenism in quest for securing gender justice in the country. ...
05:51 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said he is hopeful that the much delayed Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be implemented across the country no later than next year while speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. ...
10:27 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram appealed to people not to buy so much gold as a way of reducing hefty imports, speaking on television a day after his 2013/14 budget surprised traders by keeping gold import duty unchanged at 6 per cent. ...
05:17 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram sought to ease concerns it was targeting double taxation treaties on Friday, saying a proposal that sparked alarm among foreign investors was clumsily worded. ...
04:10 AM, Mar 02, 2013
