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Indian Budget 2010 Today

Thumbnail image for Indian Budget 2010 Today by Agencies February 26, 2010 Business

It is time for Indian Budget 2010 and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will announce the budget after few hours in Indian Parliament.
There is a lot of hope in the business community because the ruling Congress Party and its allies won a decisive victor in the General Elections of 2009 and they did not need [...]

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Deora meets Mukherjee on oil price hike, no decision taken

by Indo-Asian News Service January 14, 2010 Business

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, who met Thursday to discuss the proposed fuel prices hike, were unable to agree on the quantum of support to be given to oil marketing companies for losses incurred by sale of subsidised petroleum products.
“No decision was taken,” Deora told reporters outside North Block, where the [...]

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Need to improve competition in the agricultural market, says Pranab Mukherjee

by ANI November 16, 2009 Business

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that there is a need to improve competition in the agricultural market to benefit farmers as well as the consumers.
Addressing a conference on Competition, Public Policy and Common Man in the national capital, Mukherjee said that the ability to make the desired innovative changes would be a [...]

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West Bengal’’s Left Front Government losing popularity: Mukherjee

by ANI November 11, 2009 India News

The CPI(M)-led Left Front government is West Bengal is losing popularity in the state, claimed Union Finance Minister and President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference at the Congress party office here, Mukherjee pointed out that it was becoming apparent that the anti-Left people in the state [...]

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Stimulus to continue till robust recovery takes place in developed markets: Mukherjee

by ANI November 10, 2009 Business

The Indian economy has been able to fare well in spite of the adverse impact of the global economic crisis, due to the strength of its domestic demand, said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday.
Addressing a session titled “Post-Crisis Economic Order: How can Free Market and Control be Balanced?” at the 25th India Economic Summit, [...]

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Mukherjee says he does not visualise a conflict on border dispute with China

by ANI November 9, 2009 World

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that he does not visualize a conflict over the border dispute between India and China.
Talking to reporters after attending the G-20 Finance Ministers meet in St. Andrews in Scotland, Mukherjee said:”I do not visualize any conflict on border dispute between India and China. We have an institutional arrangement, though [...]

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Mukherjee asks Krishna, Tharoor to shift to official residences from hotels

by ANI September 8, 2009 India News

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday asked External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his deputy Shashi Tharoor to vacate their five-star hotel suites.
Krishna and Tharoor have been staying in five-star hotels in national capital for the past three months in the absence of official accommodation.
While Krishna was staying at ITC Maurya, Tharoor was [...]

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G-20 countries will continue stimulus packages: Pranab

by ANI September 7, 2009 Business

G-20 countries have decided to continue with the stimulus packages till the global economy is fully revived, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.
The club of finance ministers of developed and developing nations also agreed to postpone the “exit strategy” till the full recovery of the world economy.
“Most of the finance ministers, including finance ministers [...]

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India needs to regulate financial market: Pranab Mukherjee

by ANI September 5, 2009 Business

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that there is a need to regulate the financial market, but it should not be used to devise any kind of protectionism.
In an interview to CNN, Mukherjee said: “We have to strike a balance. There is a need of regulating the financial market. We shall have to keep in [...]

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