Srinagar: Seeking to promote financial inclusion, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today called upon banks to focus on poor customers who are more trustworthy and “bankable” as compared to large borrowers.“The poor of India are bankable,
Hyderabad: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Monday inaugurated insurance sector regulator IRDA's insurance repositories and called for making digitisation of all policies mandatory.Chidambaram launched the insurance repository system, which will help policy holders keep insurance policies
New Delhi: Faced with a high current account deficit and declining forex reserves, Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his forthcoming US visit will meet FIIs in San Fransisco to woo investments. The Minister will be in
Sivaganga (TN): Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today dismissed the opposition to food security scheme, saying it has been introduced to benefit country's poor by providing them foodgrains at subsidised rates.On Tamil Nadu government's opposition
New Delhi: Grappling with the stressed economy, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said “hard decisions” would be taken in the next few days and weeks to trim wasteful expenditure and curb import of “inessential” items.“We
New Delhi: Brushing aside fears of slowdown of industrial production/growth rate and fluctuating Indian currency, a confident Finance Minister P. Chidambaram stressed in Lok Sabha on Thursday that the country will bounce back from the
New Delhi: Seeking to dispel the perception of gloom and pessimism, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today asserted in the Lok Sabha that rupee will correct itself and the growth will bounce back.Conceding that economy is
New Delhi: Bringing their differences into open, outgoing RBI governor D Subbarao on Thursday took a dig at finance minister P Chidambaram for his comment once that he would "walk alone" to ensure growth in
New Delhi: Public sector banks should deal strictly with wilful defaulters to check non-performing assets (NPAs) while being sympathetic towards borrowers facing difficulties, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.“Genuine defaulters and wilful defaulters need to
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said there was no need to panic and assured Indian investors that the Indian economy and currency is doing better than many countries across the world.While admitting
New Delhi: Terming the Indian equity sell-off that saw the Sensex crash nearly four percent as a result of the US data reaction, Finance Minister P Chidambaram Friday urged investors to maintain calm."I think this
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram Monday refused to set a deadline for formation of Telangana state but said the process won't take too long even as the opposition targeted the government over the decision."I
New Delhi, Aug 6: The Delhi High Court today sought Uttar Pradesh government's response to Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking further probe to ascertain the alleged role of Finance Minister P Chidambaram in
New Delhi, Aug 5: A cabinet note is being prepared to deal with procedural issues around formation of Telangana, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told parliament Monday."In the matter relating to the separate state of Telangana,
New Delhi, July 28: Public sector banks have been asked set up ATMs in all branches by March, 2014 to enable customers in rural pockets to do banking round-the-clock, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said.Inaugurating
Jaipur, July 16: Taking a dig at BJP for charging Rs 5 per person for attending Narendra Modi's public meeting in Hyderabad, Congress leader P Chidambaram today said there would be no charge on the
New Delhi, July 16: With plummeting rupee, Finance Minister P Chidambaram met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and later held discussions with RBI Governor D Subbarao who said the central bank will look into latest inflation
New Delhi, July 14: Finance Minister P Chidambaram will be leaving for Moscow later in the week to attend the two day G-20 ministerial meeting, which among other things, will deliberate upon the current economic
Washington, July 11: The Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has defended Indian policies as growth oriented as he invited American companies to establish manufacturing plants in India during his meetings with the industry leaders and
Washington, July 10: At a time when Indian rupee is a record low, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has arrived here to not only address the US concerns on India's economic policies, but also pitch among
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