Insurance Bill: LIC, other insurers make presentations before Parliament select panelThe 15-member panel headed by the senior BJP leader also recorded "oral evidence" of representatives of General Insurance Council.
Select panel on Insurance Bill holds first meetingEarlier last month, bowing to opposition pressure, the government had agreed to refer the controversial Insurance Bill to the 15-member pan...
RS panel to meet on controversial Insurance Bill on September 4Senior BJP MP Chandan Mitra is the Chairman of the 15-member Committee which has been asked to give its report by the end of the first week...
Insurance Bill: Government bows to opposition demand for select panelBowing to opposition pressure, govt agreed to refer the controversial Insurance Bill to a Select Committee of Parliament, of 15 members.
Goods and Service Tax will be reality soon: JD SeelamDespite failing to get the Goods and Service Tax bill passed, government expressed the hope today that the proposed comprehensive indirect ...
Government misses disinvestment targetIn 2012-13 fiscal, the government had raised Rs 23,956 crore, against the target of Rs 30,000 crore. In the current fiscal, it has so far r...
Religious minority leaders urge PM Manmohan Singh for equal rights for DalitsDelegation of religious minority leaders met PM Manmohan Singh at Parliament House, demanding reservation for Christian and Muslim Dalits.
Government aims to garner Rs 18,000 crore from PSU disinvestmentGovernment will garner about Rs 18,000 crore from seven approved disinvestment in public sector units and an Exchange Traded Fund.
Efforts on to pass Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill in winter session: JD SeelamGovt will make all efforts to pass Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill in ongoing winter session of Parliament, Minister of State for Finance J...
Telangana: Home Ministry to meet on Thursday to finalise draft billThe bill would be placed before Cabinet "as soon as possible", the home minister added. Shinde made the announcement after the GoM met Kira...
Filing tax returns: Will projecting it as a status symbol nudge people to pay more?As of date, the government does not have a clear policy on how to convince taxpayers through persuasion and recognition.
Stemming rupee fall: With import duty at 10%, gold may turn rare metal in IndiaIndia, the world's biggest consumer of gold, raised import duties for the third time in 2013 to curtail CAD and stem rupee volatility.
Four Congress ministers likely to resign to protest Telangana decisionMM Pallam Raju, JD Seelam, D Purandeswari and K Kruparani met Digvijaya Singh, on Friday and apprised him of their intention to resign.
Telangana issue: Sonia Gandhi meets Manmohan Singh ahead of CWC meetingThe meeting came as leaders from both groups continued with their pressure tactics even as the leadership was veering towards a decision fo...
Why bureaucrats are increasingly leaving their jobs to join politicsA shining example of the tribe is Yashwant Sinha. Sinha says his political journey was incidental. It began in 1967, but took 17 years to f...
- Oil minister urges dealers not to go on strike
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Friday called upon the section of retail outlet dealers not to stop operations of t...
- Soni from Punjab, Kidwai from Chhattisgarh
Congress announced the candidature of information and broadcasting minister Ambika Soni from Punjab and general secretary Mohsina Kidwai fr...