Posts Tagged ‘Pranab Mukherjee’
2G verdict not surprising: Kapil Sibal; Pranab, Kurshid welcome verdict
Reacting to special court’s order of dismissing a petition seeking to make him a co-accused in the 2G scam case, Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday said that the government’s stand has been vindicated “My colleague in Parliament is not culpable and it was clear from SC verdict on Thursday,” Sibal said Criticising the opposition [...]
Govt will examine 2G verdict by SC: Pranab
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the government will examine the implications of the judgements given by the Supreme Court in the 2G case on Thursday "Judgements have come and we will have to examine judgements and its implications Government will examine it," said Mukherjee He was responding to questions on Supreme Court's [...]
PM meets senior ministers to sort out UID project
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday held consultations with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram on the UIDAI issue Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that the Cabinet Committee will meet on Friday on the issue The Planning Commission, which is backing UIDAI chairman Nandan [...]
Pranab, Khurshid meet over Vodafone tax ruling
Concerned over revenue implications of the Supreme Court judgement on the Vodafone case, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday held consultations with Law Minister Salman Khurshid and senior officials1,000 crore at a time when government is facing resource crunch because of slowdown In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has set aside [...]
Union Budget after March 9, says Pranab Mukherjee
The Indian government will present the Union Budget for 2012-13 after March 9, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in New Delhi on Wednesday0 and March 11 are Saturday and Sunday, the Budget is likely to be presented in week beginning March 1212-133, followed by trade union leaders on January 16 [subscribe2]
Congress reaches out to BJP on Lokpal
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee spoke to the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Tuesday as both tried to figure out which of BJP’s amendments could be accommodated by the government and the House can function smoothly when ever the Lokpal Bill is tabled After the fiasco in Lok Sabha last night, which saw the motion for [...]
Money laundering bill tabled in Lok Sabha
In a bid to bring prevention of money laundering legislation on par with global norms Government today introduced a Bill to allow confiscation of proceeds of crime even during the trial1, introduced by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Lok Sabha, also provides that in any proceedings relating to proceeds of crime "it shall be presumed that such [...]
Economy to soon revert to high growth trajectory: Pranab
Amid concerns of a slowdown, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the Indian economy will soon revert to a higher growth trajectory8 per cent and there is moderation in inflation in general The savings rate has also gone up [subscribe2]
PM showers praise on Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday praised Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for his stupendous knowledge in parliamentary matters and gave him the Best Administrator in India Award-2011 at a function here The award was instituted by the K Karunakaran Foundation Dr Singh said the wide respect Mr Mukherjee commanded and his long [...]
Rs 300 crore in black money unearthed in Apr-Oct: Pranab
The Income Tax Department seized Rs 300 crore in black money, including cash and jewellery, during April-October, 2011-12, Parliament was informed Tuesday90 warrants and seized assets worth Rs 299790-11 fiscal, the I-T Department has seized assets worth Rs 77498 crore by executing 4,852 warrants, Mukherjee said In a separate reply to the Rajya [...]
Govt has limited options to combat economic slowdown says Pranab Mukherjee
Concerned over the deteriorating global economic situation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the government has limited options to combat the slowdown1-12 from 8minus 02 per cent for the week ended October 22 Mukherjee further said a slowdown in external demand has led to a deceleration in India's exports growth, resulting in [...]
Indian economy has capacity to overcome crisis: Pranab Mukherjee
Concerned over slowdown, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government will make efforts to build broad consensus on reforms as the economy has resilience to overcome the problem per cent in October, while the rupee crossed all time low of Rs 53 to a dollar80 crore for the current fiscal The finance minister said that for the [...]
FDI suspended to avoid mid-term polls: Pranab
Strongly defending its decision to allow FDI in retail, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today told Congress MPs that the government was "compelled" to suspend the move to avoid "pre-mature elections" Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party, Mukherjee also apologised to members who had supported the government in allowing FDI in retail but [...]
RBI monitoring rupee; will intervene when necessary: Pranab
As the rupee depreciated to a new 32-month low against the US dollar, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the Reserve Bank is monitoring the situation and will intervene in the forex market “as and when necessary“ against the US dollar in early trade today amid depreciation of the euro due to the deepening debt crisis in the [...]
No bailout for Kingfisher Airlines: Vayalar Ravi
Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi on Friday ruled out any sort of bailout to be given to the Kingfisher airlines9 percent to an all-time low but recovered slightly later9, has now indicated that it would take a few more weeks to normalise the flight schedule, that would go into the peak winter season air traffic40937, asking Kingfisher why it [...]
Prime minister will decide on petrol price hike issue: Pranab
The UPA's task of the day is managing ally Mamata Banerjee, who is upset that petrol prices were hiked last week without her being consulted8 Lok Sabha and six Rajya Sabha MPs8 Lok Sabha MPs, Ms Banerjee is the Congress' largest ally and an indispensable part of the UPA If Mamata Banerjee withdraws her ministers or walks out, the UPA's numbers [...]
Congress Core Committee discusses Telangana issue
The Congress Core Committee is still not fully convinced that creating a new State of Telangana is the best option for it On Tuesday, a 90-minute meeting of the Congress Core Group at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence ended without any change in the situation, even as reports from Hyderabad suggested that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister [...]
Congress resumes consultations on Telangana issue
The Centre on Monday resumed consultations on the Telangana issue with senior ministers, eliciting the views of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi and Congress leader Renuka Chowdary The two leaders, both from Congress, met Pranab Mukherjee, AK Antony, P Chidambaram and Ghulam Nabi Azad and gave their opinion on the Telangana issue, which has [...]
If Govt falls, it will be due to its own contradictions: BJP
The BJP on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his defence of home minster P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum issue Talking to reporters, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said that the PM had, a few months back, expressed his commitment to fight corruption but he is not keeping his promise by defending Chidambaram Swaraj said that [...]
CBI refuses to investigate Chidambaram’s role in 2G case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till tomorrow the hearing on home minister P Chidambaram2 This came as a breather for the UPA Swamy has alleged that the issue of spectrum pricing was decided by former telecom minister A Raja along with Chidambaram Last week the Centre and CBI took divergent stands before the Supreme Court over continuing [...]
