Communications Minister Arun Shourie on Wednesday said rentals for landlines have not been increased neither in rural nor in urban areas by BSNL and MTNL.
The government has divested stakes in 33 units including 22 hotels of ITC and Hotel Corporation of India since 1999-2000, and there has been an improvement in the performance of most public sector undertakings after divestment.\n\n\n\n
Congress on Friday sought the dismissal of Divestment Minister Arun Shourie from the Cabinet for his statement terming as "idiotic" the Comptroller and Auditor General's
Minister for Information Technology Arun Shourie has said that the reaction in the United States on the issue could only strengthen the opponents of economic reform in India.
Seeking to allay fears over the outsourcing backlash, Union Communications and IT Minister Arun Shourie said India's strengths in talent, skill and costs in software service would make it imperative for the companies to outsource to India.
Communications and IT Minister Arun Shourie on Monday inaugurated the Confederation of Indian Industry's office in Malaysia, its 14th international office.\n\n\n\n
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik is understood to have turned down Divestment Minister Arun Shourie's request for extending nodal agency status for crude oil transportation to Shipping Corporation of India after its privatisation.\n\n\n\n
The government will press ahead with its stalled privatisation programme and sell stakes in two refiners, Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, Divestment Minister Arun Shourie said.
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie said on Thursday that early elections would help speed up the process of privatisation.
India has recorded the fastest growth in mobile telephony in the world with as many as 13 lakh cellular additions every month, Minister for Communications and IT Arun Shourie said on Friday.
Communications Minister Arun Shourie on Thursday asked state-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd to make the optimum use of its huge cash reserves and aggressively explore foreign markets.
Government has found common ground on its stalled privatisation drive after a crucial meeting of allies within the ruling coalition.\n\n\n\n
The government on Wednesday expressed confidence about the success of the ensuing public issue of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie said the government has virtually discarded the Rs 12,000 crore divestment target.
Divestment and Telecom Minister Arun Shourie will accompany Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the Non-Aligned Summit in Kuala Lumpur.
The modernisation of defence signalling equipment, the universal licensing and other such measures were likely to change the face of the telecom sector in the next two years, Arun Shourie, Union minister for telecommunications and divestment, said.
Even as basic and cellular operators have been unable to reach an agreement on the contentious limited mobility services, the two sides have now approached Communications Minister Arun Shourie for continuing dialogue on issues such as spectrum.\n\n\n\n
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie is believed to have given his approval to acquisition of two new very large crude carriers by Shipping Corporation of India in view of existing uncertainty over divestment of SCI.
Former telecom minister Arun Shourie on Saturday said he was ready to answer any queries from the Central Bureau of Investigation on the 2G spectrum allocation during his tenure. "I would be very happy to answer. No difficulty in that. I can even answer in the public hall here. If they invite me to their place; they are also always welcome to my house. No problem," said the senior BJP leader.
Brushing aside BJP's dictat to its leaders not to go public on goings-on in the party, its senior leader Arun Shourie has sought to reopen the old wounds about the Kandahar hijack episode involving L K Advani.
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie will lead the Indian delegation to the two-day World Trade Organisation mini-ministerial in Montreal beginning on Monday, which would try to narrow down differences on contentious issues.
Joining the war of words on divestment, former minister and BJP leader Arun Shourie on Thursday launched a counter attack on Finance Minister P Chidambaram
Minister for Communications, IT and Divestment Arun Shourie would lead a delegation to the World Economic Forum to be held in Davos (Switzerland) during January 20-25.
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie on Tuesday said that the opinion of the law ministry and the Attorney General will be taken on Supreme Court ruling staying privatisation of HPCL and BPCL, which he described as a 'major setback' to reforms.
No licensing system should come in the way of the country's progress: Shourie
The CCD is likely to take up, among other issues, the highly successful public offer of car market leader Maruti Udyog Ltd.\n\n\n\n
The Union Communications and IT Minister Arun Shourie on Wednesday invited the Japanese companies to relocate their hardware facilities to India and sought withdrawal of the 20 per cent withholding taxes for software exports.
Rejecting US criticism that India has a closed economy, the government on Thursday said growth in imports were a testimony to the liberalising economy and expressed confidence that the IT industry would find a "creative solution
The government on Thursday said divestment in Nalco was not being pursued at the current juncture although it had earlier decided in 2001 to sell equity through domestic and overseas public offer and strategic sale.
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