In marginal relief to consumers, the government on Friday abolished import and excise duties on LPG cylinders they buy beyond the 6 per annum quota of subsidised cooking gas, and asked state governm

The government will take more policy steps in the next one-and-half months to revive growth, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said while appreciating the RBI's initiative to unlock Rs 17,000 crore of

Congress president Sonia Gandhi held consultations with party leaders as the 72-hour deadline set by Trinamool Congress for rollback of diesel price hike, LPG subsidy cap and FDI in retail ended on

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde may convene a meeting of Chief Ministers, strongly opposed to the setting up of NCTC, to allay their apprehensions and apprise them of the revised plan for the anti-te

Concerned over delay in implementation of projects, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday suggested setting of a National Investment Board (NIB) under Prime Minister to accord speedy clearanc

Keeping in view the challenges faced by finance minister P. Chidambaram in curbing the burgeoning fiscal deficit and bringing the economy back on track, the government is preparing to hit the disinv

P. Chidambaram has a simple message for investors disillusioned by India's policy drift: it is no longer 'business as usual' in the corridors of North Block, the sandstone colonial building that house

With the possibility of Parliament’s Monsoon Session getting washed out even before it ends on September 7, the government is making a desperate attempt to hold proceedings by trying to divide the Op

Confident of meeting direct tax collection target for the current fiscal, the Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the government will ensure stable tax regime and non-adversarial approach

BJP's apparent climbdown produced no breakthrough in the Parliament deadlock with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejecting the demands for immediate cancellation of 142 coal block allocations and an in