
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

Paying a tribute to the 23-year-old Delhi braveheart, the government on Thursday announced setting up 'Nirbhaya Fund' of Rs 1,000 crore for safety and empowerment of women. Nirbhaya (fearless) was the pseudonym given to the victim to hide her actual identity. ...

02:06 PM, Feb 28, 2013