Tag: Finance Minister P Chidambaram

New Delhi: Making a sharp attack on the Modi government on demonetisation, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said the country paid a “huge price” for cancelling what turned out “a small sum” of Rs 13,000 crore. He said for the Rs 13,000 crore, which did not come back to the banks, the country […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad on Sunday said the “theory” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CBI that former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and then Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran did something in tandem in the Aircel-Maxis case is too far-fetched. In a tweet, the Congress leader said Chidambaram had strained relation with Maran. “Attempts […]

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said both the government and the RBI have acted in tandem to bring down price rise, even as food inflation at 8.8 per cent still remains a worry

Hitting out at critics of UPA's management of economy, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the government has "pulled back" the economy from a difficult situation and put it back on a high growth path

The government on Monday said public sector banks should raise capital on their own in future even as it proposed to infuse Rs 11,200 crore as equity in them during the next financial year

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the CBI’s response on a plea of former finance minister P Chidambaram, lodged in Tihar Jail in the INX Media corruption case, seeking bail in the matter. Justice Suresh Kait issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Chidambaram’s bail plea in which […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has slammed the Arvind Kejriwal government for giving sanction for prosecution of former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar in a 2016 sedition case. Chidambaram called the Delhi government “ill-informed”. “Delhi Government is no less ill-informed than the central government in its understanding of sedition […]