Topic: Pranab Mukherjee

PM sets up expert panel under Rangarajan to shape sugar industry decontrol

Economic Times, India - 19 days ago
The government is readying the stage for reform of the sugar industry, one of industrial sector still under tight state control. . Prime Minister...

Finance ministry plans new law for uniform stamp rate for all deals

Economic Times, India - 19 days ago
The finance ministry, in a big reform initiative, is planning to introduce a comprehensive legislation to overhaul the stamp duty regime in the...

OinMin demands extra duty of Rs 80,000 on diesel vehicles

Business Standard - 20 days ago
Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy today asked Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to impose additional excise duty of Rs 80,000 on diesel vehicles and...

PM forms committee for sugar decontrol

Business Standard - 20 days ago
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today constituted an expert committee, headed by his Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan, to examine...

BJP refutes charge of being obstructionist

Economic Times, India - 20 days ago
Rejecting the charge that Opposition was playing an obstructionist role, BJP president Nitin Gadkari blamed the slow pace of economic reforms on...

Finance ministry for usage of spectrum as collateral for loans by telecom companies

Economic Times, India - 21 days ago
The finance ministry has asked for a change in norms to allow spectrum to be used as collateral by lenders of telecom companies, saying this will...

India to get info on 'black money' in Swiss banks

AFP South Asian Edition - 63 days ago
India's finance minister on Wednesday said New Delhi will receive information from Swiss authorities on Indian nationals who have stashed funds in secret bank accounts in the country.Pranab Mukherjee in a debate in parliament on so-called "black money", however insisted ...

Indian government in U-turn on retail reform

AFP Global Edition - 71 days ago
India on Wednesday suspended plans to open its $470 billion retail sector to foreign supermarkets such as Wal-Mart, in a major U-turn forced by an outcry from small shopkeepers and opposition MPs.The climbdown was a grave embarrassment for Prime Minister Manmohan ...

India expects growth over 7.5% despite global turmoil

AFP Asian Edition - 76 days ago
India's economy should expand by "over 7.5 percent" this year despite weak growth in the latest financial quarter and global economic turmoil, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday.Growth slumped to a two-year low of 6.9 percent in ...

Indian growth slows to 6.9%, lowest in two years

AFP Asian Edition - 78 days ago
India's economic growth slumped to a two-year-low of 6.9 percent in the second quarter, data showed Wednesday, hit by a string of interest rate hikes and the stumbling world economy.The expansion in July-September was the weakest since the three ...