New Delhi: In sops to middle-class ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Interim Budget today slashed excise duty on cars and two- wheelers, capital goods and consumer non durables and acceptance of long standing
Mumbai: Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said he does not think India will get a government with "solid majority" after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. "But if does, then it would be a turning point to
Mumbai: Pitching for high level of probity, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said Indian capital markets are facing many concerns including low level of retail participation, which needed to be addressed urgently."It is important that
Mumbai: Making a strong case for a correct balance between the executive, legislature and judiciary,Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said India cannot achieve sustainable growth unless powers of the executive to govern are restored."Governance cannot
Mumbai: With fiscal deficit widening to 84.4 per cent of the budgeted target in the first seven months and the revenue collection falling way below the target, the government will have to undertake more austerity
Bhubanewar: Amidst pandemonium by opposition Congress MLAs, Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya today presented the supplementary budget of Rs 7,144.58 crore with provision of more than Rs 2,000 crore for restoration and rehabilitation of the cyclone
New Delhi: Asking service tax defaulters to take advantage of the amnesty scheme, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the government could not have come out with a better offer for them to come clean.Addressing
Mumbai: Standard Chartered Bank today warned of a 0.2 per cent slippage in fiscal deficit at 5 per cent of India's GDP due to slower revenue growth. "Our base case is a fiscal deficit of
New Delhi: Coming out in favour of free trade pacts, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that India "clearly and unambiguously" needs to ink more such agreements. India has signed free trade pact
New Delhi: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today said India's current account deficit (CAD) would come down and be around $60 billion owing to rising exports and import controls initiated by the government."The current account deficit
New Delhi: Opposition today attacked Finance Minister P Chidambaram for blaming his predecessor for the ills facing the economy and told the government to get out if it cannot rescue the country from the "irretrievable"
New Delhi: Amid a continued slide in the value of rupee and stock market crash, Finance Minister P Chidambaram for the third day in a row held meeting with top officials and Reserve Bank Governor-designate
New Delhi: With the rupee crossing 62 against the dollar, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today met senior officials of various departments to take stock of the current economic situation and deliberated on steps to improve
Islamabad: Pakistan today said it has no immediate plans to give MFN-status to India, claiming there is a need to normalise relations between the two countries.Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, a close aide of Prime Minister
Ahmedabad, Jul 29: RBI should also look at boosting sagging growth and generating employment while focusing on price stability, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on the eve of the first quarterly monetary policy announcement. The
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
Islamabad, Jul 2: Cash-strapped Pakistan today movedcloser to securing a massive USD 11 billion economic bailout package from international donor agencies including the IMF, to revive the ailing national economy, media reports said.After lengthy discussions
New Delhi, April 7: The Indian economy will grow by a little over 6 per cent in fiscal year 2013-14, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday. The comment comes after both Raghuram Rajan. chief
New Delhi, Apr 6 : Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said an inquiry has been initiated against the individuals whose names appeared in a global report on the monies stashed in tax heaven."Yes. We have
New Delhi, Apr 6 : Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said an inquiry has been initiated against the individuals whose names appeared in a global report on the monies stashed in tax heaven."Yes. We have
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