What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
The last six weeks have seen a series of deadly attacks on security forces and civilians by the Maoists or Naxalites, the insurgent group present in eight states, which Prime Minister Manmohan......
The last six weeks have seen a series of deadly attacks on security forces and civilians by the Maoists or Naxalites, the insurgent group present in eight states, which Prime Minister Manmohan......
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, isolated and under attack from the Opposition after the letter the Finance Ministry wrote to the Prime Minister's Office was made public on Wednesday,......
The man in a black suit stood leaning over in inquiry as an official spoke confidentially to him. Palaniappan Chidambaram, India's home minister, nodded in response and looked up at the crowd......
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Friday that the sharp falls in domestic markets that sent the rupee to a record low were a reaction to global developments and he expected calm to......
It's good to hear that the finance ministry is keen on reducing the fiscal deficit, but it is equally important to know if that plan is to be implemented through an expenditure squeeze whose......
It is important for the finance minister not to impose on his tax collection team a revenue target that is unrealistic. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may or may not like it, but his first Budget,......
India 's threat to impose a blanket ban on agricultural commodities futures trading would not ease food prices, analysts, traders and food executives warned, describing the measure as political......
Since the publication of Yashwant Sinha's memoirs of his days as finance minister, a debate is raging over whether due credit is given to the man who presented five Budgets in a row under two......