RBI taking steps to check rupee slide: Pranab
Attributing the slide in rupee value to various domestic and global factors, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the Reserve Bank was taking steps to arrest the currency's depreciation.
EGoM to decide spectrum price for auction: Telecom
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 on Saturday.
Indian economy resilient enough to overcome challenges: Pranab Mukherjee
Amid declining value of rupee and rising inflation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said Indian economy is resilient enough to overcome challenges and the government will make efforts t
Mamata Banerjee's Prez song: Meira, Gopal, Kalam
With West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee repeatedly changing her stance, the Congress is exploring the possibility of isolating the Trinamul chief on the UPA’s presidential candidate. The Samaj
White paper on black money tabled in Lok Sabha
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday tabled in the Lok Sabha a white paper on the government's strategy on bringing back black money stashed away abroad.
After demands from the opposition for an
BAC to decide on Lokpal Bill in RS: Pranab, BJP criticises delay
As uncertainty hung over Lokpal Bill coming up in the Rajya Sabha in the current Parliament session ending on May 22, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday night said the House's Business Advi
Pranab Mukherjee reveals diary-writing habit
A witness to the momentous events in post-Independence India, including two splits in the Congress and coalition governments at the Centre since 1996 without a break, veteran politician Pranab Mukher
Falling rupee a concern; Centre not sitting idle: Pranab
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on said the steep fall in the rupee was a matter of great concern and the Centre was trying to resolve the situation.
"It is a matter of great concern. We are watc
Austerity measures on the anvil
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 the tight econom
Austerity steps soon, but don’t panic: Pranab Mukherjee
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee told Parliament Wednesday the government would have to resort to 'unpopular austerity measures' given India’s fiscal problems and with international oil prices rising