P Chidambaram lauded BJP's Yashwant Sinha for talking "truth to the power" in an article on the economy. The senior Congress leader asked the "clueless" Centre how long it would hide behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rhetoric and party slogans.
In an opinion piece for The Indian Express, Sinha wrote what the Congress had been saying for the past 18 months on "weaknesses in the economy", the Chidambaram told the reporters.
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Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, addressing the media, said that the court has said that right to privacy is not absolute and is subject to reasonable restrictions.
The government approved setting up of a commission to examine the sub categorisation of backward communities in the central list to ensure that the benefits extended to OBCs reach all the communities, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said here. Briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the Union cabinet, the minister said as many as 11 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, West Bengal and the Jammu region in Jammu and Kashmir already have such categorisation in state government jobs. There is no sub categorisation in the central list. The proposed commission will examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation among caste and communities, including the broad categories of OBCs included in the central list. It will submit its report in 12 weeks from the day it is set up The government also decided to set up an Alternative Mechanism to oversee the proposals for consolidation of public sector banks (PSBs) with a view to creating fewer but stronger lenders. The Alternative Mechanism will be decided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said after the Union Cabinet meeting.
Income Tax officials on Wednesday raided 39 locations linked to Karnataka Energy Minister DK Shivakumar, including the Bangalore resort in which 40 Congress MLAs from Gujarat have been holed up. The raids triggered a massive words of words in the Parliament, where the Congress blamed the BJP for the sudden “timing and place” of raids.
In an exclusive conversation with The Quint’s editorial director Sanjay Pugalia, Former Minister of Finance and Minister of External Affairs Yashwant Sinha shared his thoughts on the current political and economic affairs in the country.
In an exclusive conversation with The Quint’s editorial director Sanjay Pugalia, Former Minister of Finance and Minister of External Affairs Yashwant Sinha shared his thoughts on the current political and economic affairs in the country.
