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"No longer an employment guarantee scheme:" P Chidambaram on VB-G-RAM-G bi
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram alleged that the new Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) bill has serious flaws and asserted that MGNREGA is no longer an employment guarantee scheme, as it cannot be implemented for more
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"Astonishing": P Chidambaram raises alarm over deletions in Tamil Nadu dra
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Friday raised concerns about the voter list in Tamil Nadu, noting that 66,44,881 individuals lack addresses. He acknowledged the removal of 26,32,672 deceased persons and 3,39,278 duplicate entries, but stressed the need to focus on those without addresses.
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P Chidambaram calls Congress committee members to go house to house and ve
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Highlighting the voter deletion in Sivagangai district and Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday called party's booth committee members to verify the final voter list by visiting do
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"Revisionist govt wants to remove memory of father of nation": Karti Chida
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chidambaram said that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) had been a crucial programme on which millions of people depended for their livelihood. He alleged that the government was attempting to erase the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi by renaming the scheme wit
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'Let not Karnataka go down illegal path...': P Chidambaram criticises G Pa
Updated : 3 months ago IST
In an X post, Chidambaram stated that Congress is against "bulldozer justice" and asked the Karnataka government not to go on the "illegal path" opposing the Supreme Court's view on demolition of houses.
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DGCA, Civil Aviation Ministry equally responsible for IndiGo disruption: C
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Congress leader Karti Chidambaram on Friday held the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Civil Aviation equally responsible for the IndiGo flight operations crisis and said that an impact study should have been carried out before issuing a notification on Flight Duty
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"Tamil Nadu is the most Hindu state; BJP doesn't understand it": Karti Chi
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Chidambaram said, "BJP and its allied outfits don't understand Tamil Nadu very well. Tamil Nadu is perhaps the most Hindu of all the states in India. The people of Tamil Nadu are the most god-fearing, ritualistic, orthodox, temple going people in India. The
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"Civil Aviation Ministry has woken up at last": P Chidambaram welcomes Cen
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, the Congress leader wrote, "I am glad that the Ministry of Civil Aviation has woken up at last and capped the Economy Class fares. As long the duopoly in the airline sector remains, caps on Economy Class fares must remain in force. Absent robust competition, the only way t
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"Failure on both parts of the DGCA and the airline...": Karti Chidambaram
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid nationwide disruptions caused by delays and cancellations of IndiGo flights, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday criticised both the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the airline for failing to enforce and comply with the mandatory rest period directive for flight
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P Chidambaram calls IndiGo crisis a duopoly problem, backs competitive eco
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Union Minister and Congress veteran P Chidambaram described the widespread flight cancellations, especially of IndiGo, as a consequence of what he termed a duopolistic market.
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"This was expected": Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on RBI re
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI, P Chidambaram said, "This was expected because according to RBI and government data, the inflation has come down. Wholesale Inflation has also come down, and there is enough liquidity. Therefore, this was expected that the RBI cut the policy rate by 25 basis points. It sh
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"This morning an ambulance was stopped for few minutes": P Chidambaram rai
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, Chidambaram alleged that earlier in the morning today, an ambulance was stopped for a few minutes on Tees January Marg.
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