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Centre should start road, air transport as well: P Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Congress welcomes Centre's decision to restart operations of inter-state passenger trains, same "modest opening" should be started with road transport and air transport, said Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
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Centre should provide MSMEs wage protection assistance, credit guarantee f
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the Centre should provide two funds of Rs 1 lakh crore each for wage protection assistance and credit guarantee fund to MSME sector to help them tide over the COVID-19 cr
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P Chidambaram terms RBI's moratorium on EMIs as 'ambiguous', 'half-hearted
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram called the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) direction on the deferment of equated monthly instalments (EMIs) as "ambiguous" and "half-hearted".
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Grateful that CMs understood importance of lockdown to fight COVID-19: Chi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that he was "grateful" that many chief ministers across the country have understood the importance of imposing a lockdown in order to fight coronavirus.
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PM Modi will annouce tougher social, economic measures in next few days, s
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Congress MP and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that that Prime Minister would have 'no option but to again address the nation and announce tougher social and economic measures' to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Chidambaram hits out at Centre over 'sliding economy', says Danger of yout
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister and senior P Chidambaram on Tuesday hit out at the Centre over the "sliding economy" and said that if unemployment rises and income declines there is the danger of youth exploding in anger.
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Dissent should be expressed in a democratic, non-violent manner: Vice Pres
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today called for an enlightened debate on all larger issues and stressed that dissent has to be expressed in a democratic and non-violent manner.
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India's economy in incompetent hands: P Chidambaram hits out at Centre
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former union finance minister, P Chidambaram, on Friday hit out at the Central and Jharkhand governments over the state of the economy saying that they were in incompetent hands.
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INX Media case: P Chidambaram's judicial custody extended till Dec 11
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): A special CBI court at Delhi's Rouse Avenue Complex on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of former Union finance minister P Chidambaram till December 11 in INX Media money laundering case which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka meet P Chidambaram at Tihar jail
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday visited Tihar Jail to meet party's senior leader and former union finance minister P Chidambaram.
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Electoral bonds are biggest scam of decade: P Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov 23 (ANI): Electoral bonds are the biggest scam of the decade, said former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday, while hit out at the BJP-led Central government.
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ED visits Tihar jail to interrogate P Chidambaram in INX Media case
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Friday visited Tihar jail to interrogate former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in connection with INX Media money laundering case.
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