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ED places prosecution sanction order against P Chidambaram in Aircel Maxis
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has placed prosecution sanction received from the competent authority against former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in respect of the offence of money laundering in the Aircel Maxis and INX Media case before a special court
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'125 days' is a an illusion': P Chidambaram responds to President Murmu's
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambram responded to the President Droupadi Murmu's Budget Session address and said that the '125 days' of work under the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act is not a "guarantee but an ill
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"Fabricated, politically motivated": Cong's Chidambaram on National Herald
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday called the National Herald matter a fabricated, politically motivated case.
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"No longer an employment guarantee scheme:" P Chidambaram on VB-G-RAM-G bi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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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"This was expected": Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on RBI re
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks 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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"Appreciate Centre for realising its mistake after eight years": P Chidamb
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has welcomed the Centre's decision to rationalise GST rates to two slabs, stating that he appreciates the government for "realising" its mistake after eight years of its introduction on July 1, 2017.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan among others pay tributes to former
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Dharmendra Pradhan paid tribute to former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on his death anniversary in New Delhi.
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"Topmost lie...': BJP's Soundararajan rejects Rahul Gandhi's claim that Ar
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday condemned the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's statement that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre had sent late former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to threaten him over the Opposition's pushback against the farm laws. She called Rahul
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"Outrageous allegation": Chidambaram on PM Modi's 'Congress wanted to all
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the previous Congress government wanted to allocate 15 per cent of the budget for Muslims as "totally false" and "an outrageous allegation."
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"Who will be held responsible?": Chidambaram after SC rules NewsClick foun
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram upheld the Supreme Court's judgement pronouncing the arrest of the NewsClick founder invalid saying that justice has triumphed.
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"Congress wants all opposition parties to unite to fight against Modi govt
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Addressing the media Former Union Finance Minister said, "The party (Congress) wants all the opposition parties to unite and continue to fight against the dictatorship of the Modi government."
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Growth cannot be 7 pc this year as claimed by govt, says Chidambaram on Bu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Veteran Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday took a jibe at the Budget 2023 presented by the Bharatiya Janta party (BJP)-led central government and said that growth will not be 7 per cent this year as claimed by the government.
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