State government to have an upper hand in implementing central schemesIn the Interim Budget, finance minister P Chidambaram said all funds under 66 centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) will be transferred via the...
22 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
'Savage' fund cut by Finance Minister P Chidambaram's babus have Jairam Ramesh seethingThey have proposed huge cuts amounting to over Rs 20,000 cr in spending on popular schemes like the employment guarantee scheme, the rural ...
14 Dec, 2013, 11.14 AM IST
Nitish Kumar writes to P Chidambaram to implement Rajan panel reportNitish asked the Centre to implement within six weeks the recommendations of Raghuram Rajan panel report, which put the state in the catego...
08 Oct, 2013, 06.24 PM IST
Odisha does not qualify for Special Category Status: Montek Singh AhluwaliaIn a major setback to the Patnaik govt, the Planning Commission has made it clear that Odisha does not qualify for the grant of Special Cat...
22 May, 2013, 10.28 PM IST
- Various PPP models discussed to raise coal production:Minister
A committee formed to devise a policy framework under public-private partnership for increasing domestic coal production has discussed vari...
23 Apr, 2013, 05.42 PM IST
Planning Commission to continue schemes below Rs 300 crore, nixes finmin’s proposalPlanning Commission has shot down a FinMin proposal to discontinue all centrally sponsored schemes with allocation of less than Rs 300 cr.
26 Dec, 2012, 10.45 AM IST
Plan Panel snubs Finmin, rejects spend cut pitchThe Montek Singh Ahluwalia-headed body that sets the development agenda for the country has decided to take the final blueprint for the pla...
05 Dec, 2012, 04.00 AM IST
National Investment Board not likely to be taken up by cabinet todayThe union cabinet is not likely to take up on Thursday a proposal to create the proposed National Investment Board (NIB) after some ministr...
04 Oct, 2012, 04.56 PM IST
Planning Commission's over-optimism worries GovernmentFM has cautioned against Plan panel's over-optimistic assessment on subsidy reduction and investment.
16 Sep, 2012, 02.25 PM IST
- Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to head GoM on bio-ethanol
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will head the Group of Ministers (GoM) on pricing of bio-ethanol for blending with petrol and other relat...
09 Sep, 2012, 12.52 PM IST
- Financial sector wants C Rangarajan as new FM
Rangarajan received 44% votes in an ET snap poll, while home minister P Chidambaram received 36% votes as most suitable candidate to become...
18 Jun, 2012, 04.59 AM IST
- Plan panel dissent may kill PSU share buyback plan
Finance ministry's plan to use share buybacks by state-run cos to boost disinvestment proceeds is likely to fizzle out with Planning Commis...
13 Jan, 2012, 11.04 AM IST
- Chidambaram couldn't change Cabinet decision on 2G allocation:Khurshid
Khurshid scoffed at claims of Arun Jaitley that Chidambaram was guilty of giving an unwarranted pecuniary advantage to licence allottees.
02 Oct, 2011, 02.45 PM IST
- Home Minister P Chidambaram's initiative for Maoist-hit areas a big success
Rs 1,500 crore released directly under Integrated Action Plan used for basic amenities in 60 districts, Rs 702.60 crore already spent
09 Jul, 2011, 04.33 AM IST
- Set up unified command in four Maoist hit states: Chidambaram
Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said that Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal should coordinate their anti-Maoist operat...
14 Jul, 2010, 12.41 PM IST
- India poised to overtake China's growth rate: Chidambaram
India appears poised to overtake China's high growth rate in the next ten years, feels Home Minister P Chidambaram.
31 Mar, 2010, 01.51 PM IST
- Arjun Singh differs with FM on 11th Plan funds
The Planning Commission has found unexpected support from HRD Minister Arjun Singh on the issue of greater funding for the social sector du...
29 Aug, 2006, 08.00 PM IST