Mumbai: The first all-women Bharatiya Mahila Bank, a pioneering initiative to empower women, was today launched with a corpus of Rs 1,000 crore to function as a universal bank.Coinciding with the 96th birthday of late
Panaji: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today acknowledged that the Congress party considers BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a “challenger.” “As a political party, we acknowledge that he (Modi) is a challenger. We cannot
Mumbai: Standard Chartered Bank today warned of a 0.2 per cent slippage in fiscal deficit at 5 per cent of India's GDP due to slower revenue growth. "Our base case is a fiscal deficit of
New Delhi: Coming out in favour of free trade pacts, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that India "clearly and unambiguously" needs to ink more such agreements. India has signed free trade pact
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said BJP is making a mistake by projecting Narendra Modi larger than the party and it would realise this in the near future."The BJP has projected a person
Chennai: With political parties in Tamil Nadu stepping up pressure on Centre for boycott of CHOGM at Colombo this month, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram met DMK chief M Karunanidhi here today and said no
New Delhi: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today said India's current account deficit (CAD) would come down and be around $60 billion owing to rising exports and import controls initiated by the government."The current account deficit
New Delhi: The government will meet the fiscal deficit target of 4.8 percent of GDP for the current financial year, a top Finance Ministry official said on Thursday."We will meet the fiscal deficit target for
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram Thursday asked financial sector regulators, including RBI and SEBI, to take preventive steps to neutralise the impact of US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus tapering that is likely early next
Washington: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram is confident that the UPA government will be voted back to power for a third consecutive term in upcoming general elections slated to be held in 2014.Chidambaram who is
New Delhi: Ahead of the festival season, public sector banks will provide cheaper loans for auto and consumer goods purchases with a view to stimulating demand. Banks would lower lending rates as the government today
Srinagar: Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that initiatives taken by him on Kashmir when he was the home minister should be "carried forward"."I wish the interlocutors' report and the initiative taken by the all-parties
Srinagar: Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that initiatives taken by him on Kashmir when he was the home minister should be "carried forward"."I wish the interlocutors' report and the initiative taken by the all-parties
Srinagar: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday suggested J&K Bank to expand its branch network outside the state also, saying it would boost the confidence of traders and businessmen from the state.“Open more branches outside
New Delhi: After two-and-half years, a parliamentary panel today finally gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram of any wrongdoing while blaming former telecom minister A. Raja in
New Delhi: Hitting out at Finance Minister P Chidambaram for attacking Narendra Modi, BJP today accused him of indulging in "statistical jugglery" about the growth figures and making unfair comparisons of the UPA's nine years
New Delhi: Government departments have been banned from holding meetings in 5-star hotels and officials barred from executive class air travel as part of a slew of austerity measures announced today to cut non-plan expenditure
New Delhi: The government Thursday defended the landmark food security bill and the land acquisition and rehabilitation bill saying the markets couldn't be "spooked or ethused by them"."Both the bills have been in public domain
New Delhi, Aug 12: Insisting that the situation in violence-hit Jammu and Kashmir is under control, the Centre today said it will extend all help to the state government in maintaining law and order and
New Delhi: In an unusual episode, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Deputy Chairman P J Kurien sparred in the Rajya Sabha over procedures, triggering commotion which led to stalling of the House for nearly an
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