Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab rules out rollback of hike in prices of LPG, diesel
Ruling out any rollback of the recent hike in prices of petroleum goods, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the decision to cut duties would not impact the fiscal deficit of the Indian g
India on path for next round of growth, Pranab tells US
As defence minister, he inked a game-changing defence pact with the US, as foreign minister, he signed the historic India-US civil nuclear deal and now as finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee is all set to put India and the US on the path of a “strategic economic” relationship.
Fuel price hikes are ‘modest’: Pranab Mukherjee
Calling Friday’s hike in the prices of petroleum products as ‘modest’, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed hope that state governments would reduce their taxes to provide relief to consumers.
Govt under fire from ally, rivals on fuel price hike
The fuel price hike saw the government on Friday coming under fire from ally Trinamool Congress and political rivals BJP and Left parties which decided to hit the streets on the issue while AIADMK dem
BJP demands comprehensive inquiry into bugging episode
BJP on Friday accused the government of not dealing with seriousness the incident of reported bugging of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s office and demanded a time-bound comprehensive inquiry into the episode.
Left parties slam govt for fuel price hike
Slamming the government for the fuel price hike, the Left parties on Saturday demanded its immediate rollback and asked their units to organise protest actions all over the country.
Suspected bugging of FM’s office should be inquired: Digvijay
Surprised over the alleged bugging of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s office, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday said the matter needs to be inquired into.
High inflation not acceptable: Pranab Mukherjee
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said high inflation levels were not acceptable and the government would make all efforts to bring them down. Latest official figures showed India’s annual inflation rose to a two-and-half month high at 9.13 per cent for the week ending June 11.
Govt says bugging issue bogus, matter should be closed
Government today insisted that there was no bugging of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's office, saying the whole thing is 'bogus' and the matter should be closed now.
"I had myself talked to the
Pranab security breach: BJP rubbishes 'chewing gum theory'
The explanation given by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) that the adhesives found in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's office were chewing gums, is a 'joke', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on We
