Speculation is rife on who the real candidate of the Congress for the President’s post will be, after an extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Monday authorised party chief Sonia Gandhi

Patting revenue officials for doing 'good job' last fiscal, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday exuded confidence that they will be able to meet indirect tax collection target of Rs 5.05 la

Pinning hopes on declining global crude oil prices and normal monsoon, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said these positive factors would help in improving growth rate, which slipped to

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday made out a strong case for a 25 per cent reduction of taxes levied by states on petrol to bring down its price.

Speaking at the day-long meeting of the Con

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday admitted the current economic condition in the country was 'difficult' but rejected any comparison with the situation of 1990 when India had faced an extern

It had been another brutal day for the rupee on the foreign exchanges as India's economic crisis escalated and, travelling home from a visit to Myanmar last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh summone

Terming decline in the economic growth rate to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2011-12 as 'disappointing', finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the government will take 'necessary step

Providing comfort to worried foreign investors, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the Income Tax Department will not re-open cases where assessment proceedings had been finalised b

Most of the factors that led to India's growth slowdown have bottomed out, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement on Thursday, after the economy grew at its weakest pace in nine years i

Launching an austerity drive to contain expenditure, the government on Thursday banned creation of new posts in its departments and holding their meetings in five-star hotels besides imposing curbs on