The Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram left today for five day three nation tour of UK, France and Qatar. During the first leg of his foreign visit, the Finance Minister will arrive in London today evening. The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram who is leading the Indian delegation, will participate in the Sixth Ministerial India

Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, President Nakao, Fellow Governors of the Asian Development Bank, Management and staff  of member country delegations, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.
It is a great honour to welcome all of you on behalf of the Government of India to the 46th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in

Following is the Text of the Speech of the Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidamabarm delivered yesterday at the South Asian Institute and Mahendra Humanities Center at Harvard University:
“It is a great pleasure to be back in the grounds of Harvard University and a great honour to be invited to speak by institutions that are

The Finance Minister Shri P.Chidambaram exhorted the officers of Customs and Central Excise to make every effort to achieve the budgetary target for the collection of indirect taxes for the financial year 2012-13. The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram called on the departmental officers to take advantage of technological advances towards ensuring a non-intrusive tax administration

As mandated by the Article 280 of the Constitution, the Government has constituted the Fourteenth Finance Commission consisting of Dr. Y.V.Reddy, former Governor Reserve Bank of India, as the Chairman and the following four other members, namely: -
1. Prof Abhijit Sen   Member
Member, Planning Commission   (Part Time)
2. Ms. Sushma Nath   Member
Former Union Finance Secretary
3. Dr. M.Govinda

The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram will be holding a meeting tomorrow with the Chief Ministers of North Zone States/UTs and CEOs of selected Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and Financial Institutions(FIs). The Chief Ministers of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Administrator of Chandigarh are likely to participate

The Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram said that debt of a country must be sustainable and should be within the limits. No country can live beyond its means. He said that the countries which have accumulated un-sustainable level of debt are facing economic and financial problems. The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram was addressing here

The National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation ( NMDFC ), working under the aegis of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, has disbursed a total amount of Rs. 131.25 crore during the first half of the current Financial Year 2012-13 under its Term Loan and the Micro Financing schemes. The number of beneficiaries under these 2

The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambram is leaving tonight on an official tour to Tokyo, Japan to attend Annual Meetings of World Bank and IMF. He will also attend BRICS Finance Ministers’ and G 24 Ministerial Meeting also during his aforesaid visit. The Finance Minister will also hold bilateral meetings with Finance Ministers of

Following is the complete text of the Inaugural Address by the Union Finance Minister Shri P Chidambaram at the Economic Editors’ Conference 2012 here today:
“On behalf of Government of India, I welcome you to the Economic Editors’ Conference. Economic journalists, especially those who are based in places other than the