Posts Tagged ‘Pranab Mukherjee’
2G note: JPC to summon Finance Secretary
Opposition members in JPC on Tuesday termed as a "serious lapse" non-submission of a Finance Ministry note on the 2G spectrum issue before the committee and demanded that the Finance Secretary be called before it to give clarifications As the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G issue met in the national capital, CPIM member Sitaram Yechury [...]
Parliament debates Lokpal Bill as Hazare’s hunger strike enters Day 12
The debate was held on a day when Hazare's fast entered the 12th day and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, whose statement formed the basis of the discussion, made a renewed appeal to the Gandhian to end the hunger strike The Opposition today sought to drive a wedge between the Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi saying the young leader's remarks [...]
Manmohan holds consultations with Pranab, Vilasrao on Lokpal
Manmohan Singh today held consultations with Union ministers Pranab Mukherjee and Vilasrao Deshmukh, who are negotiating with activist Anna Hazare and his associates The consultations took place close on the heels of Team Anna making it clear that a mere discussion on the Lokpal issue in Parliament will not do and it has to pass a resolution [...]
Anna Hazare to continue fast till all demands are met
Efforts to break the deadlock over Lokpal were on for the second day today as Team Anna presented a fresh draft for consideration by the government Even as both sides have differences on three contentious issues, Team Anna submitted a draft which will be taken to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the chief government negotiator, sources [...]
India making regular payment for Iran crude: Pranab
Asserting that Iran never threatened to stop crude oil supply to India, the Government today said the problem of settling the import bill with the Persian Gulf nation has been sorted out0 the RBI said that all trade-related payments to Iran had to be made outside the Asian Clearing Union 2 million barrels of crude oil every month from Iran
Hillary, SM Krishna hold strategic dialogue; US backs India’s fight against terror
The United States has assured India that it would fully implement the civil nuclear cooperation agreement, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said on Tuesday after the second round of Indo-US strategic dialogue with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton India and the US have "decided to start negotiations on bilateral trade and investment [...]
In process of tweaking laws to check money laundering: Pranab
Committed to the full implementation of international standards to combat money laundering and terror financing, India today said it was making suitable amendments to converge the country's existing laws with the recommendations of the global Financial Action Task Force56 offences under 28 different statutes as predicate offences The Unlawful [...]
DMK has not sought replacement in cabinet reshuffle: Karunanidhi
DMK president Karunanidhi today said he has not sought any replacement in the Union Cabinet reshuffle for the party in the wake of resignations of A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran over the 2G spectrum scam “No,” was his reply when reporters asked if he had asked for inclusion of any DMK members in Tuesday’s cabinet reshuffle Asked if Tamil [...]
Congress-DMK ties will continue: Pranab
After Dayanidhi Maran’s resign from Cabinet over the 2G scam allegations, senior leader and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today discussed the current political situation with DMK chief M Karunanidhi and asserted that the alliance between the two parties would be strengthened Emerging from over an hour-long meeting with Mr Karunanidhi at [...]
No let up in economic reforms: Pranab
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday strongly refuted observations by US think-tanks, the government and industry that India has gone slow on economic reforms and insisted that a series of reforms are in the process, which will lead to the next round of growth5 billion to USD 40 billion trillion, 50 per cent of which would come from [...]
Pay more for diesel, kerosene, LPG from today
Notwithstanding objections raised by the Trinamool Congress, the Union government on Friday decided to increase the price of diesel by Rs,000 crore to the oil marketing companies ,70140 crore in 2011-1220 lakh crore,” Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister S Jaipal Reddy told journalists after a meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers EGoM, [...]
Surprised FM office bugged, inquiry needed: Digvijay
Surprised over the alleged bugging of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's office, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today said the matter needs to be inquired into6 key places in the Finance Minister's office was “chewing gum” “The Finance Minister has said the whole thing is bogus and we should close the matter Kindly don't spend [...]
All-party meeting on Lokpal bill on July 3
The government will convene a meeting of all political parties July 3 to discuss the draft anti-graft Lokpal bill, official sources said Wednesday At the meeting, the draft bill and notes on the disagreements expressed by the joint drafting committee's two sides - the government and the civil society representatives - will be circulated, the [...]
Talks on Lokpal Bill fail; Anna Hazare to fast from Aug 16
Gandhian Anna Hazare has threatened to go on yet another fast-unto-death against the government's "intransigence" on the contentious Lokpal legislation6 as the government had " no intention" of drafting a strong Lokpal Bill The civil society members maintained that they were "most disappointed" at the outcome of the drafting committee's [...]
Pranab reported ‘serious security breach’ in his office, urged PM to order secret probe
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had reportedly written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about a possible security breach in his North Block office in September 20106 planted adhesives in North Block offices of the finance minister and his officials The adhesives were found in the offices of Mukherjee's advisor, personal secretary [...]
We are clear about the diversions and disagreements says Sibal
Terming the meeting between the government and civil society representatives on the proposed lokpal bill a "major breakthrough", human resource development minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said there has been a "broad consensus" between the two sides1am to 2pm and had full-fledged discussions on a range of issues There was a frank exchange of [...]
Pranab slams civil society for undermining democratic process
The Congress on Sunday launched a campaign to counter the anti-graft movement by Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev and accused a section of civil society of trying to weaken democratic institutions5 for passing the Lokpal Bill, Mr Mukherjee said the Centre had suggested that the Lokpal Bill would be placed during the monsoon session of the [...]
Ministers meet to discuss Ramdev’s demands
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday convened a meeting of senior ministers to further discuss the demands of Baba Ramdev, who is on a hunger strike demanding immediate measures to get back the black money stashed away abroad The meeting comes shortly after the Baba took a two hour break from his protest to discuss issues with [...]
Red carpet welcome for yoga guru, Baba denies ministers request
The government today took the unprecedented step of rushing four of its top ministers, including the effective No 2, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to the Delhi airport to hold discussions there with Baba Ramdev, who is scheduled to hold a mass fast against corruption at the Ramlila Maidan from June 4pmthe conversation was carried on for [...]
Lokpal Bill: Now UPA seeks advice from CMs
Seeking to widen consultations, the Centre today wrote to all Chief Ministers and leaders of political parties eliciting their views on issues including whether to bring the Prime Minister under Lokpal A day after civil society activists on the Joint Drafting Committee on the Bill threatened to take to streets, Home Minister P Chidambaram [...]
