The CBI approached Shourie last week asking him to appear before the agency in connection with the Preliminary Enquiry registered by the agency following a direction from the Supreme Court.
A veteran of many battles against the authority, Shourie, discusses philosophy, politics and policies in a freewheeling conversation with Mahesh Sarma, editor, Careers360.
In a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government, BJP leader Arun Shourie on Monday contended that it believes that managing economy means "managing the headlines" and that people had started recalling the days of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Former Union Minister Arun Shourie on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of deliberately maintaining silence on incidents like Dadri lynching while his ministerial.
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.
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.
The government on Wednesday expressed confidence about the success of the ensuing public issue of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
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.
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 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
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.
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra was informed by senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who was representing the petitioners, that they want to withdraw the plea as several petitions on the same issue are pending before the apex court and they don't want 'this to be entangled' with them.
Government has found common ground on its stalled privatisation drive after a crucial meeting of allies within the ruling coalition.\n\n\n\n
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie said the government has virtually discarded the Rs 12,000 crore divestment target.
Former Union Minister Arun Shourie on Sunday said Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley should be held accountable for the BJP's loss in Bihar elections.
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.
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.
Divestment and Telecom Minister Arun Shourie will accompany Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the Non-Aligned Summit in Kuala Lumpur.
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.
They were suspended for misbehaviour and shouting slogans in the House.
The trio also accused PM Modi of single-handedly changing the parameters of the deal.
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 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
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.
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.
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