Eminent economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia was on Wednesday appointed deputy chairman of the Planning Commission.Ahluwalia, who was part of the team under Dr Manmohan Singh when he was finance......
What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of senior ministers on Tuesday to discuss the recommendations of the National Advisory Council on the Food Security Bill.The meeting would be......
An upset West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday cancelled her scheduled meeting with Finance Minister P Chidambaram and left for Kolkata, a day after she was gheraoed and her......
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday favoured downsizing of the Planning Commission amid reports that Narendra Modi government is likely to dismantle or at least drastically reduce the......
A day after Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented Budget 2013-14, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia answers diverse queries on it and related matters, at a press......
The country's new home minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, on Monday said he prefers a Congressman as his successor in the finance ministry, setting off speculation about the implication of his......
What made Arun Jaitley's inheritance problems more complicated was the fact that he had to face the adverse impact of two successive droughts - in 2014 and 2015, notes A K Bhattacharya. Image:......
Asserting that it was incorrect to say foreign consultants were in the Planning Commission, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said only experts of Indian origin have been nominated to its......