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Justifying the clean chit given to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister P. Chidambaram in the draft JPC report on 2G spectrum allocations, the panels chairman, Mr P.C. Chacko, said Sunday there was not a single file or record that indicated ...

In his single-minded focus on reining in fiscal deficit, finance minister P Chidambaram may have avoided big-bang announcements that could lift stock market sentiments, but he still left room for smart investors to hunt pockets of opportunity. Dissecting the ...

The Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram in his Budget Speech for FY12 had announced setting-up of IDFs to accelerate and enhance the flow of long-term debt into infrastructure projects for funding the governments massive programme of infrastructure ...

The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed by Dr C Rangarajan released its review of the economy in 2012/13 While 8-9 percent economic growth is a noble thought, what is the chance of it happening given the current state of affairs ...

NEW DELHI: In a strong signal that the government does not agree with RBI's assessment of the economy, the finance ministry on Friday said India would grow at least 6% in the current financial year, citing a pickup in investment and rising investor ...

On Friday, Road Transport Minister C P Joshi will join the list of public figures who have interacted with the public through multi-person video chat, Google Hangout.The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Joshi will interact with ‘people to discuss road safety issues tomorrow (March 29) at 7.30 pm via Google Hangout. ‘He will be taking the suggestions from people on road safety issues and the same can be viewed live on Ministry's You Tube Channel’.Early this month, ...

The Food Ministry's proposal to decontrol the sugar industry by doing away with the levy system has been opposed by the Ministry of Finance as the move could trigger inflation and subsidy burden on the exchequer. On the Food Ministry's proposal, the Finance ...

Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Qassami, Barjeel Geojit Securities and Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services co-hosted an Investors meet with the honorable P. Chidamabaram, Union Minister of Finance of the Republic of India, at the Emirates Tower ...

The proposed inflation-indexed bonds are likely to make a debut this month with the Reserve Bank of India and the finance ministry finalising the structure of these instruments. Further, the tax treatment of these bonds is also being debated in ...