Congress slams government on economy after Yashwant Sinha's articleIn a newspaper article headlined, "I need to speak up now", Sinha said a revival by the time of the next Lok Sabha election was "highly unl...
27 Sep, 2017, 03.55 PM IST
Ravi Shankar Prasad: UPA-I reaped what NDA sowed & UPA-2 suffered toxic harvest of UPA 1Reacting to Chidambaram's pitch that economic growth till 2008 was good, BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "UPA-I reaped what NDA sowed".
31 Mar, 2014, 06.30 PM IST
Chidambaram's rebuttal to Yashwant Sinha; cites UPA's 'multiple economic achievements'Taking on BJP and its PM candidate Narendra Modi, Chidambaram said, "BJP and Modi's brand of capitalism is crony capitalism."
31 Mar, 2014, 04.54 PM IST
BJP's Yashwant Sinha asks 18 questions to P Chidambaram on economyYashwant Sinha today accused FM of "running the economy to the ground" and posed an 18-pt questionnaire to him on price rise, economic grow...
31 Mar, 2014, 04.07 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi's big experiment in party democracy—US-style primaries completesRahul's experiment in party democracy—US-style primaries— completed. 16 constituencies chose their candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha electio...
15 Mar, 2014, 05.10 AM IST
2G: BJP submits dissent note, alleges report made by government peopleBJP has rejected the Joint Parliamentary Committee’s report on 2G spectrum and alleged a ‘cover-up’ to protect PM and FM.
11 Oct, 2013, 04.27 AM IST
Yashwant Sinha calls Jet- Etihad deal a scam, demands SC monitored probeSenior BJP leader and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha has demanded that a SC monitored investigation by the CBI into the Jet-Etihad ...
04 Jul, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Manmohan Singh talks like a government consultant: Yashwant Sinha
No PM can look for consensus if he starts with this premise that it took him so many years to undo things done by NDA, Sinha said.
07 Jul, 2012, 05.35 AM IST
PM "directly blaming" Pranab for economic slowdown: BJPBJP alleged PM is "directly and openly" trying to put all the blame for the economic slowdown on Pranab Mukherjee and charged that he was e...
06 Jul, 2012, 07.47 PM IST
Pranab Mukherjee isn't the FM he could have beenAs FM, Pranab deserved to do better. He didn't and his budgets lacked vision and enthusiasm, reflected in meandering speeches without focus.
28 May, 2012, 10.58 AM IST
- How to get a SEBI chief but not get a controversy
Now the government has committed to enact a law to oversee regulators and make them more accountable, without compromising their independen...
20 Nov, 2011, 12.47 AM IST
- Cong may oppose inclusion of Jaswant, Yashwant in JPC
Congress is likely to object to the nomination of BJP leaders Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha to Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G...
28 Feb, 2011, 05.36 AM IST
- Companies law set to mandate 2% CSR spend
The standing committee on finance headed by former FM Yashwant Sinha has proposed that cos with a turnover of Rs 1,000 cr or net profit of ...
10 Feb, 2011, 04.56 AM IST
- 2G scam: Did not follow up opposition to DoT proposal says Duvvuri Subbarao
RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao, who was Finance Secretary when telecom licences were issued and 2G spectrum allocations were made, has ackno...
04 Feb, 2011, 04.42 AM IST
- Bank service recruitment boards abolished
Banking Service Recruitment Boards have finally been abolished, with the Lok Sabha formally passing a bill to this effect.
10 May, 2002, 05.15 AM IST
- Just roll over: Sinha gives away without giving up
While the list of amendments moved is the longest such list in recent memory, the concessions granted add less than 0.12% of GDP to the fis...
27 Apr, 2002, 05.31 AM IST
- Roll-back or relaxation?
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has said that he would meet the Prime Minister to discuss a possible roll-back of the price incr...
10 Mar, 2002, 01.41 AM IST