Pranab elected chair of ADB Governors’ Board
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was elected as Chair of the ADB’s Board of Governors and the country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in New Delhi next year. Finance Minister More...
Prez polls: Pranab dismisses front runner speculations
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee dismissed as speculation reports that he has emerged as a front runner in the race for presidential election. Pranab Mukherjee “It is speculative. I don’t want to comment More...
No policy paralysis in UPA: Pranab
Dismissing the perception of policy paralysis in UPA-2, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that compulsions of coalition politics were forcing the government to evolve consensus on major issues and was confident More...
Coalition politics behind sluggish reforms: Pranab
Rejecting criticism that UPA is not serious on reforms, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that it is now time for the government to take some hard decisions and expressed confidence that three key legislations More...
Jewellers call off 21-day strike
Bullion traders and jewellers called off their 21-day nationwide strike after meeting UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who assured them that their demand for rollback of excise More...
Eco Survey pegs India’s growth at 7.6% next fiscal
Suggesting a rebound, the government has projected the economy to grow by about 7.6 per cent in the next fiscal, up from 6.9 per cent estimated in 2011-12 on the back of declining inflation and softening interest More...
Black Money Issue to Figure in Budget Session
The issue of bringing back Indian black money stashed abroad is likely to figure prominently in the Budget session of Parliament beginning Monday with BJP leader L K Advani saying that the Opposition was eager to More...
GoM allows airlines to directly import jet fuel
In major steps to bolster the beleaguered aviation sector, a Group of Ministers recommended direct import of jet fuel by airlines to help them save on high taxes and allow Air India to raise Rs 7,400 crore by issuing More...
2G: special court dismisses petition against PC
In a huge relief to Home Minister P Chidambaram and to the UPA Government, a Delhi court threw out a plea to make him an accused in the 2G case holding that he did not indulge in any criminal conspiracy or derived More...
India won’t scale down its petroleum imports from Iran: FM
India, which imports 12 per cent of its oil from Iran, will not scale down its petroleum imports from Tehran despite US and European sanctions against the Islamic republic, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has More...