Anand Sharma
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Anand Sharma tears into Modi, calls him "arrogant"
National | Apr 05, 2014, 08:01 PM ISTChandigarh: Union Minister Anand Sharma today launched a scathing attack on BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, alleging he is arrogant and intolerant and his only aim is to grab power. The “Gujarat model of
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Indian exports to fall short of $325-billion target: Commerce Minister
Mar 25, 2014, 07:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian exports will fall short of the envisaged target of $325 billion in the current fiscal year (FY14) though it would be more than what was achieved in the last financial year, Commerce
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AAP an aberration, won't repeat its election magic: Sharma
National | Mar 23, 2014, 02:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Terming the emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an “aberration,” the Congress has said that its magic won't be repeated in the upcoming general elections.“It is an aberration,” senior Congress leader and
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Modi playing polarisation politics in NE: Sharma
National | Feb 22, 2014, 10:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rejecting Narendra Modi's contention that Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accomodated in the country while "infiltrators" must be sent back, Congress today said the Gujarat Chief Minister wastrying to play a polarisation
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BJP responsible for damaging India's image: Sharma
National | Feb 22, 2014, 09:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rubbishing the opposition charge of policy paralysis in UPA government, Congress today alleged BJP should be held responsible for damaging the image of India and confusing global investors.It was BJP which spread “misinformation”
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Modi is a demagogue with hollow vision: Anand Sharma
National | Jan 20, 2014, 09:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Dubbing BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi a "demagogue" with hollow vision, Union Minister Anand Sharma today said he would never become the Prime Minister of the country.Rubbishing Modi's speech yesterday, Sharma said
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Arrest Kejriwal, other law violators, demands Minister Anand Sharma
National | Jan 20, 2014, 09:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Deprecating Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's dharna demanding action against police officials, Union Minister Anand Sharma today said anybody violating law should be arrested and punished."Nobody, irrespective of high office can violate law.
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AAP's decision on FDI in retail irresponsible: Anand Sharma
National | Jan 14, 2014, 02:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Terming the Delhi government's decision to disallow FDI in multi-brand retailing as “abrupt, irresponsible and ill-considered,” Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today said India is not a banana republic where policy decisions
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FDI witnesses major liberalisation in 2013; more to follow
Dec 25, 2013, 04:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: UK's largest retailer Tesco, Singapore Airlines and Etihad queued up to invest in India as a persistent UPA threw open more sectors to foreign investments with indications of more big ticket deals to
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WTO deal will not hit food security programme: Govt
Dec 18, 2013, 07:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government today insisted in Parliament that the deal reached at WTO talks in Bali recently would have no adverse impact on foodgrain procurement in India or the food security programme after Opposition expressed
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Bali outcome not to impact food security programme: Sharma
Dec 17, 2013, 04:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: The outcome of the WTO meeting held recently at Bali will not impact the country's food security programme, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma informed Parliament today.“...nothing in the aforesaid agreement impinges on
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WTO clears historic deal, USD 1 tn boost to global trade
Dec 07, 2013, 06:05 PM ISTBali: Overcoming a string of failures over the years, the WTO today reached a landmark agreement that can help boost global trade by USD 1 trillion, while taking on board concerns of countries like India
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Major victory for India at WTO talks, No threat to food security : Anand Sharma
Dec 06, 2013, 09:36 PM ISTBali: In a major victory for India, the WTO today agreed to allow countries to provide subsidy on staple food crops without any threat of punitive action, a concession that salvaged the current round of
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No agreement on food security better than a bad one: Sharma
Dec 05, 2013, 11:44 PM ISTBali: Dismissing the suggestion that India was insisting on food security because of the ensuing general elections at home, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Thursday said New Delhi was only pursing an old
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WTO chief calls Sharma, key trade ministers to end impasse
Dec 05, 2013, 09:36 PM ISTBali: In a last ditch effort to salvage the global trade talks, the WTO chief has called an urgent meeting of the trade ministers of the US, India and Indonesia to end the impasse over
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'India to protect interest of poor, farmers in WTO Bali meet'
Nov 23, 2013, 11:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Admitting that India runs the risk of breaching WTO's permissible food subsidy limits, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has said the government would endeavour to work out a solution in the forthcoming Bali meet
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No political bias in report on India: Goldman Sachs
Nov 08, 2013, 08:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drawing flak over upgrading Indian equities on hopes of an electoral victory for Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections, global investment banker Goldman Sachs today said it stood by its report based
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No policy reversal by India: envoys told assure foreign Investors
Nov 05, 2013, 08:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Top Indian diplomats from across the world were today told to assure foreign investors that there will be no "policy reversals" by the Indian government.Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma, who
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Anand Sharma cancels meeting with Walmart chief
Oct 31, 2013, 11:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Thursday cancelled a meeting with U.S. retail giant's Asia head Scott Price.The meeting, scheduled for Friday, has been cancelled, a top source in Mr Sharma's Ministry
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India was hit hardest, but recovery also strongest: Anand Sharma
Oct 12, 2013, 10:48 PM ISTONBOARD PM'S SPECIAL AIRCRAFT: India took the hardest hit during the recent financial market turmoil, but the country has also staged the “strongest recovery”, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said today.Despite all the volatility,