PMO reviews ETF way of share sale; weighs large strategic disinvestmentPMO is looking at strategic divestment, including selling land parcels of Air India, Railways.
04 Sep, 2019, 05.06 PM IST
PM, council of ministers incurred Rs 393 crore expenditure on foreign, domestic travel in 5 yearsCity-based RTI activist Anil Galgali had filed an RTI query with the PMO seeking the details.
11 May, 2019, 04.04 PM IST
PMO says it doesn't keep records of expenses incurred on PM's domestic visitsExpenditure on domestic visits does not come in the purview of a single authority because such domestic visits are organised by the differe...
11 Apr, 2019, 06.03 PM IST
PMO says it doesn't keep records of expenses incurred on PM's domestic visitsAs per PMO, info related to the expenditure on domestic visits does not come in the purview of a single authority because such domestic vis...
11 Apr, 2019, 04.25 PM IST
Budget allocation for PMO hiked marginallyIn 2017-18, the PMO was allocated Rs 44.13 crore for meeting administrative expenses which has been marginally hiked to Rs 50.35 crore for ...
01 Feb, 2018, 08.18 PM IST
Officials rebut Opposition logic, say Centre confident of keeping Budget dateAn official said election announcements only impose a code of conduct, and that code does not say all economic decision has to come to a st...
06 Jan, 2017, 12.34 PM IST
PMO advises HRD ministry to give full autonomy to 20 'world-class' educational institutionsET has learnt that PMO has strongly asked for greater autonomy in even the lighter-touch regulation HRD had proposed for these institutions.
28 Jun, 2016, 10.09 AM IST
Modi Sarkar@2: PM Narendra Modi consolidates his grip on bureaucracyAlmost all appointments and policy moves are initiated from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and then percolated through ministries.
19 May, 2016, 05.22 AM IST
Suresh Prabhu seeks White Paper on Railways before budgetPrabhu, who is away in Australia for G-20 submit, is expected to decide his future course of action after examining the report in this rega...
13 Nov, 2014, 10.15 PM IST
PMO pushes for hike in rail fares after nine yearsGet ready to pay more for rail travel by next March as the government is trying to set up of an independent tariff regulator.
06 Dec, 2012, 11.04 PM IST
Budget 2012-13: There will be some level of fiscal consolidation: Suresh Mahadevan, UBS SecuritiesThe market maybe expecting that because infrastructure is key to drive economic growth.
16 Mar, 2012, 10.15 AM IST
Rail Budget 2012: Railway Ministry ignores PMO's repeated pleas to speed up key PPP projectsNumerous requests from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) asking the railway ministry to invite or rework financial bids on two ambitious pr...
12 Mar, 2012, 01.11 PM IST
- PMO seeks 2G info ahead of budget session
Bracing for a stinging opposition attack on 2G issue during budget session of Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office has asked the telecom...
20 Feb, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
- PMO seeks inputs from various departments on controversial issues
The PMO has written to various ministries and departments asking them to furnish notes on the controversial issues, a source said.
05 Feb, 2012, 02.33 PM IST
- PM approves interim budget
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the interim general budget which will be presented in the Lok Sabha by External Affairs Minister Pra...
15 Feb, 2009, 06.22 PM IST
- Excise sops for six Re-hit sectors
Budget 2008-09 may provide a bailout package for six labour-intensive sectors hit most by the strengthening rupee.
25 Feb, 2008, 02.08 AM IST
- Manmohan wants to do more for the aam admi
MS met PC and discussed the broad contours of Budget '04 today. And Manmohan wants a 'wide awake' budget - one without 'dreams' or 'nightma...
25 Jun, 2004, 12.42 AM IST