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Chidambaram, RBI offcials to meet on government borrowing: report
Mar 24, 2014, 07:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance ministry officials are likely to meet their counterparts at the Reserve Bank of India on Friday to finalise the government's borrowing calendar for the April-September period, reports have said.India intends to borrow
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AIADMK, DMK need support of Congress to get things done: FM
National | Mar 17, 2014, 09:42 PM ISTSivaganga (TN): Finance Minister P Chidambaram today claimed neither AIADMK or DMK would be able to get anything done in Delhi if their MPs are elected after the coming Lok Sabha polls as they needed
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TN govt failed to attract investments: Chidambaram
India | Mar 09, 2014, 11:25 PM ISTKanyakumari (TN): Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today claimed that the Tamil Nadu government has failed to attract foreign investments to the state in the last two years.Due to lack of investments, there are no
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PSU bank bad loans likely to be higher in 2013-14: Chidambaram
Mar 05, 2014, 07:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Worried over a further rise in bad loans, especially among large companies, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today exhorted PSU banks to effectively deal with non-performing assets (NPAs), their biggest challenge.Addressing a press conference
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TVS Motor Company cuts two-wheeler prices by up to Rs 3,500
Feb 22, 2014, 04:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: TVS Motor Company has announced cutting prices by up to Rs 3,500 across its product portfolio following excise duty reduction announced in the Interim Budget."In keeping with TVS Motor Company's tradition of trust
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Tata Motors to cut vehicle prices by up to Rs 1.5 lakh
Feb 22, 2014, 04:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Auto firm Tata Motors on Friday announced cut in prices by up to Rs 1.5 lakh across its product portfolio following excise duty reduction announced in the Interim Budget.The price reduction across passenger
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Chidambaram arrives in Sydney to attend G20 meeting
World | Feb 22, 2014, 04:07 PM ISTSydney: Finance minister P Chidambaram arrived in Sydney on Saturday to attend the two-day G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors during which he is expected to press for expeditious reforms in the
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Delhi BJP to hold demo against AAP tomorrow
National | Feb 17, 2014, 10:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi BJP will hold a massive demonstration against Aam Aadmi Party tomorrow with several party leaders including Sushma Swaraj expected to address the gathering, its chief Vijay Goel said today. In a statement
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Gems & Jewellery industry expresses 'shock' at Budget
Feb 17, 2014, 09:18 PM ISTMumbai: The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) today expressed disappointment and shock at the interim Budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, and requested the government to bring down the import duties
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Interim Budget: $15 bn to be added to forex reserves this year
Feb 17, 2014, 04:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: India will add $15 billion to forex reserves this year, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.India had forex reserves amounting to $292.33 billion as on February 7. About $1.26 billion came in the
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Interim Budget 2014: Power generation capacity has doubled in past 10 yrs
Feb 17, 2014, 04:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Government today said the country's installed power generation capacity has more than doubled to 2,34,600 MW in the past 10 years.“India's power generation capacity 10 years ago (2004) was 1,12,700 MW, it
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Agri credit likely to touch Rs 7,35,000 cr
Feb 17, 2014, 04:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Agriculture credit is likely to exceed the target of Rs. 7,00,000 crore, while farm exports are expected to increase to over $45 billion in the current fiscal, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.“We
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'Over 7-fold increase in road network witnessed in UPA-I and II regime'
Feb 17, 2014, 04:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Road network in the country has witnessed over seven-fold increase to 3.89 lakh kilometres in the UPA-I and UPA-II regime, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.“In the year 2004, the country's highway network
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Chidambaram: All post offices to start working on new technology by 2015
Feb 17, 2014, 04:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: All 1.55 lakh post offices will starting working using modern technology by next year, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.“The IT modernisation project of the Department of Posts with outlay of Rs. 4,909
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Swift action taken to stop NSEL spill-over crisis: Chidambaram
Feb 17, 2014, 04:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said that the Government has taken “swift action” to ensure that the Rs. 5,600-crore payment crisis at NSEL does not spill over to other regulated segments of the
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Interim Budget: ADR, GDR schemes to be comprehensively revamped
Feb 17, 2014, 04:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: To deepen the financial markets, the Government today proposed to overhaul the norms governing the issuance of foreign-listed securities by Indian firms and said steps would be taken to boost the corporate bond
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Vote on account 2014: Govt plans to infuse Rs 11,200 crore in PSU banks in 2014-15
Feb 17, 2014, 03:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today proposed to infuse Rs 11,200 crore in public sector banks to enhance their capital in the next financial year."In 2014-15, I propose to provide Rs 11,200 crore for
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Interim Budget 2014: Exchange rate has stabilised, says Chidambaram
Feb 17, 2014, 03:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government on Monday said the Indian currency has fared better than those of other emerging economies and the exchange rate has stabilised. Risks to capital flows were accentuated due to volatile global
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Jarnail Singh, who hurled shoe at Chidambaram is AAP candidate for LS from West Delhi
National | Feb 16, 2014, 11:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: A man, who hurled a shoe at Finance Minister P Chidambaram in 2009, has been chosen by AAP to contest the Lok Sabha elections.Jarnail Singh is among the 20 candidates announced by Aam
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Modi tears into Chidambaram, says hardwork not Harvard pays
National | Feb 09, 2014, 11:08 AM ISTChennai: Launching a stinging attack on Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram for ridiculing his knowledge of economics, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today said the country was run with hard work and not Harvard,