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"Will Be More Constitutional Than...": Yashwant Sinha On Presidential Race
Noting that his name came as "fourth choice" among opposition presidential candidates, former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said he happened to be "second choice" many times earlier in his life.
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Massive Welfare Spends Hitting Public Finance, Says Ex Finance Minister: Report
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said that huge expenditure on welfare schemes by the government has severely impacted the public finances, which are currently in a mess with fiscal deficit touching abnormally high levels.
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"Mamataji Offered Self In Exchange For Kandahar Hostages": Yashwant Sinha
Amid the prevailing tension in the wake of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane to Kandahar in 1999, Mamata Banerjee, a Union Cabinet Minister then, had offered herself as a hostage in exchange for the passengers of the flight, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said today. Recalling his days with her as a colleague, the former senior BJP...
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Yashwant Sinha, Ex-BJP Leader, Joins Trinamool Congress Ahead Of Bengal Polls
Yashwant Sinha, former Union Finance Minister under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today joined the Trinamool Congress weeks ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election. The 83-year-old former senior BJP leader had quit his party in 2018. His joining the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led party is likely to be viewed as a prize catch for an ou...
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Latest News Live Updates: Over 15,000 Covid Cases In Maharashtra
Yashwant Sinha, former Union Finance Minister under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today joined the Trinamool Congress weeks ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election.
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"Sheer Profiteering By Centre": Ex-Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha Slams Fuel Price Hike
Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha today alleged that the Centre is resorting to "profiteering" by increasing fuel prices on a daily basis.
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Opinion: What 20 Lakh Crore Package Doesn't Accomplish - By Yashwant Sinha
The budget presented on February 1 is in tatters; neither the receipt figures nor the expenditure figures have any relevance any more. What the Finance Minister has been doing over the last few days is to serially present a new budget. The time has come to formalise it and take the first opportunity to present a new budget.
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5% Growth Estimate For Indian Economy Is "Imaginary", Says Yashwant Sinha
Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday questioned estimation that the economy will grow at 5 per cent in 2019-20, saying the figure is "imaginary" and raised doubt about the Modi government's capability of tackling economic issues.
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Economy In Deep Crisis, Witnessing ''Death Of Demand'': Yashwant Sinha
India's economy is in a "very deep crisis", witnessing "death of demand", and the government is befooling people, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Sunday.
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Yashwant Sinha's "Fudged Figures" Swipe At Finance Minister On Economy
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "fudging" Budget numbers to conceal real fiscal deficit. Ms Sitharaman relied on estimates used in the Interim Budget of February 1, though the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) had later provided revised estimates till July 5, when the annual budget was p...
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"Weird Statements": Yashwant Sinha Slams Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday questioned Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's claim that rise of Ola and Uber affected the automobile sector, asking why the sales of trucks should also decline.
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"BJP Will Beat Rajiv Gandhi's Record If...": Yashwant Sinha On Kashmir
Ending the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir would further alienate people of the state but if national elections were held any time soon, the populist step would win the BJP a bigger victory than even Rajiv Gandhi's landslide in 1984 following the assassination of mother Indira Gandhi, Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Monday.
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Yashwant Sinha's Advice For Rahul Gandhi As Congress Battles Crisis
In a message posted on Twitter, Yashwant Sinha, who held the Finance and External Affairs portfolios in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet between 1998 and 2004, also suggested the Congress be run by presidium in the short term
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Opinion: With Sixth Budget, Government Has Made A Mockery Of Constitution
The interim Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal, rose to present the interim budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha on February 1, but in a 22-page budget speech spread over 105 minutes, he sought to present a full budget.
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Probe Alleged 31,000 Crore Fund Diversion By DHFL: Yashwant Sinha
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday demanded a probe into alleged diversion of Rs 31,000 crore of loans by DHFL that the company raised from state-owned banks including SBI and Bank of Baroda, a charge the non-banking financial company termed as mischievous with a mala fide intention.
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"Will Be More Constitutional Than...": Yashwant Sinha On Presidential Race
Noting that his name came as "fourth choice" among opposition presidential candidates, former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said he happened to be "second choice" many times earlier in his life.
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Massive Welfare Spends Hitting Public Finance, Says Ex Finance Minister: Report
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said that huge expenditure on welfare schemes by the government has severely impacted the public finances, which are currently in a mess with fiscal deficit touching abnormally high levels.
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"Mamataji Offered Self In Exchange For Kandahar Hostages": Yashwant Sinha
Amid the prevailing tension in the wake of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane to Kandahar in 1999, Mamata Banerjee, a Union Cabinet Minister then, had offered herself as a hostage in exchange for the passengers of the flight, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said today. Recalling his days with her as a colleague, the former senior BJP...
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Yashwant Sinha, Ex-BJP Leader, Joins Trinamool Congress Ahead Of Bengal Polls
Yashwant Sinha, former Union Finance Minister under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today joined the Trinamool Congress weeks ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election. The 83-year-old former senior BJP leader had quit his party in 2018. His joining the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led party is likely to be viewed as a prize catch for an ou...
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Latest News Live Updates: Over 15,000 Covid Cases In Maharashtra
Yashwant Sinha, former Union Finance Minister under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today joined the Trinamool Congress weeks ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election.
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"Sheer Profiteering By Centre": Ex-Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha Slams Fuel Price Hike
Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha today alleged that the Centre is resorting to "profiteering" by increasing fuel prices on a daily basis.
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Opinion: What 20 Lakh Crore Package Doesn't Accomplish - By Yashwant Sinha
The budget presented on February 1 is in tatters; neither the receipt figures nor the expenditure figures have any relevance any more. What the Finance Minister has been doing over the last few days is to serially present a new budget. The time has come to formalise it and take the first opportunity to present a new budget.
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5% Growth Estimate For Indian Economy Is "Imaginary", Says Yashwant Sinha
Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday questioned estimation that the economy will grow at 5 per cent in 2019-20, saying the figure is "imaginary" and raised doubt about the Modi government's capability of tackling economic issues.
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Economy In Deep Crisis, Witnessing ''Death Of Demand'': Yashwant Sinha
India's economy is in a "very deep crisis", witnessing "death of demand", and the government is befooling people, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Sunday.
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Yashwant Sinha's "Fudged Figures" Swipe At Finance Minister On Economy
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "fudging" Budget numbers to conceal real fiscal deficit. Ms Sitharaman relied on estimates used in the Interim Budget of February 1, though the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) had later provided revised estimates till July 5, when the annual budget was p...
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"Weird Statements": Yashwant Sinha Slams Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday questioned Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's claim that rise of Ola and Uber affected the automobile sector, asking why the sales of trucks should also decline.
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"BJP Will Beat Rajiv Gandhi's Record If...": Yashwant Sinha On Kashmir
Ending the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir would further alienate people of the state but if national elections were held any time soon, the populist step would win the BJP a bigger victory than even Rajiv Gandhi's landslide in 1984 following the assassination of mother Indira Gandhi, Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Monday.
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Yashwant Sinha's Advice For Rahul Gandhi As Congress Battles Crisis
In a message posted on Twitter, Yashwant Sinha, who held the Finance and External Affairs portfolios in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet between 1998 and 2004, also suggested the Congress be run by presidium in the short term
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Opinion: With Sixth Budget, Government Has Made A Mockery Of Constitution
The interim Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal, rose to present the interim budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha on February 1, but in a 22-page budget speech spread over 105 minutes, he sought to present a full budget.
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Probe Alleged 31,000 Crore Fund Diversion By DHFL: Yashwant Sinha
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday demanded a probe into alleged diversion of Rs 31,000 crore of loans by DHFL that the company raised from state-owned banks including SBI and Bank of Baroda, a charge the non-banking financial company termed as mischievous with a mala fide intention.
