New Delhi, Jul 1: Close on the heels of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna saying Rahul Gandhi should join the government, Pranab Mukherjee today appeared to echo these sentiments, saying the younger generation should
New Delhi, Jun 23: With Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee resigning as Finance Minister on June 26, speculation is rife in Congress over a possible cabinet reshuffle to accommodate representatives from West Bengal. Congress has six
Miriti (WB), Jun 24: Pranab Mukherjee will resign as Finance Minister on June 26 ahead of filing nomination papers for the Presidential election for which he made a veiled appeal to defiant ally Trinamool Congress
New Delhi, Jun 12: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived here tonight for consultations with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi tomorrow on the issue of Presidential poll nominee of UPA amid intense speculation on Finance
New Delhi, Jun 10: Amid concerns over moderation in economic growth and rising bad loans, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet on Tuesday with heads of public sector banks to discuss credit flow to productive
New Delhi, May 26: A high-powered ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will decide on the minimum price to be fixed for auction of spectrum, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said today.The Telecom Commission
New Delhi, May 22: With rupee falling to record low against dollar, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government is taking steps to arrest volatility in the foreign exchange market and the Reserve Bank
Udaipur, May 19: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed concern over frequent disruption of Parliamentary proceedings.He said while everybody had the right to freedom of expression, it should not impinge upon the right of
New Delhi, May 18: Government may slash spending on foreign travel by ministers and officials and on meetings in five-star hotels as part of austerity measures to cut down on budget deficit in view of
New Delhi, May 2: Rankled by TRAI's recommendations on 2G spectrum auction, leading telecom firms today made a pitch to top government functionaries, including Home Minister P Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, urging them
New Delhi, May 1: A Ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday approved starting the process to auction spectrum which would be freed in the wake of Supreme Court cancelling 122 licences.The
New Delhi, Apr 10: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked Norweigan telecom major Telenor to participate in the 2G auction process and assured that the government would try to complete the exercise at the earliest.He
New Delhi, Apr 6: Bullion traders and jewellers today 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
Kolkata, Mar 31: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that inflationary expectations would be in the six to seven per cent range.“My inflationary expectations will be between six and seven per cent and not below
Kolkata, Mar 31: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today defended the move to amend the Income Tax Act with retrospective effect following which UK's Vodafone may have to pay Rs 11,000 crore as tax for a
New Delhi, Mar 30: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today wrote to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee demanding rollback of the decision to impose excise duty on jewellery and taxes on any purchase above Rs 2 lakh
New Delhi, Mar 25: The government today said it has no vindictive intention in retrospectively amending tax laws and has no plans to re-open a large number of old cases, while assuring India Inc that
New Delhi, Mar 24: Amid concerns over rising crude oil prices, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government would take and implement “some difficult decisions” in the coming months.“In meeting the targets under the
New Delhi, Mar 24: The government today downplayed the draft CAG report on coal block allocations with Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee stating that 90 per cent of the issues raised by the auditor at initial
New Delhi, Mar 18: Rejecting criticism that the Budget was not bold or reformist, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked the critics to be “more realistic” to political ground realities.“I am a bit disappointed,” he
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