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India to cut export deal costs by Rs 21bn

New Delhi: India on Tuesday announced a slew of measures, including round-the-clock customs clearance at eight ports and reduction in levies, that will cut export transaction cost by nearly Rs 2100 bi

Notice to 17 looters sent: FM

Kolkata, Feb. 5: The Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, on Saturday said prosecution has been started against 17 Indians who deposited black money in foreign banks but ruled out disclosure o

Black money trail: Govt sends notices

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the government has served notices to 17 persons related to the Swiss Banks black money trail, but it is not possible to reveal their names.

FM tries to talk up limp stock markets

Feb. 2: Thursday will reveal whether the efforts of the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee to roil up the stock markets has succeeded. The markets have been stubbornly negative and January has gone

Stash accounts secret: FM

New Delhi, Jan. 25: Slammed by the Opposition and the Supreme Court over the issue of black money stashed abroad, the government defended itself on Wednesday by saying that it has put in place a five-

Stop panicking about inflation, will announce steps: PM

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said there was no need to panic about food inflation, adding that the government would announce steps to curb rising prices.

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India, Pak can't live in perpetual tension: Pranab

New Delhi: Citing the collapse of the Berlin Wall that unified Germany, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that differences between India and Pakistan may be resolved one day since the two c

Pranab to rein in T-MPs

Jan. 4: The Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has called a meeting of all party MPs from Telangana on Wednesday. Sources said the objective of the meeting would be to once again warn the M

'Raja was following policy decisions taken by NDA govt'

Former telecom minister A. Raja had only "pursued" the policy decision taken by the erstwhile NDA government on 2G allocation issue, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday.

FM: No systemic failure at Citi

New Delhi, Dec. 29: The finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, ruled out any systemic failure in alleged fraud at Citibank which is estimated at `200 crore and said “regular precautions are being take

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