Veerapa Moily

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  "Nothing Wrong In KCR's Efforts To Forge Federal Front": Veerappa Moily

  Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said there was nothing wrong in TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's efforts to forge a federal front of regional parties, and saw the move as being against the BJP-led NDA.

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  Won't Be A Surprise If Nitish Kumar Quits NDA: Congress' Veerappa Moily

  The BJP is undermining the interests of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and it will not be a surprise if his party, the JD(U), pulls out of the NDA government in the state, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said.

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  In Karnataka Poll Battle, Congress "Totally United", No Infighting: Veerappa Moily

  Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily has dismissed talk of infighting within the party over the selection of candidates in Karnataka saying the state leadership is "totally united" in the battle against the BJP in the upcoming Assembly polls.

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  After 7-Hour GST Debate In Lok Sabha Today, 250 Clauses Will Be Put To Vote: 10 Facts

  Four Bills related to the Goods and Services Tax or GST will be debated in the Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament today, as the government pushes to meet a July 1 launch date for the unified tax regime that subsumes a slew of indirect taxes at the centre and in states. Seven hours have been allotted for today's debate, which is likely to begin ...

• Focus on exploratory activity in difficult, less explored areas: Veerappa Moily

  "The need of the hour is to focus exploratory activities in the difficult and relatively less explored areas like Mesozoics sitting beneath the Trap and frontier areas which were hitherto known to be uneconomical and technicallyunviable", he said.

• Diesel price may be hiked by Rs 2-3 per litre: report

  Diesel price was last hiked on August 1 when prices in Delhi went up by 56 paisa (after including local taxes) to Rs 51.40 per litre.

• Export parity pricing unviable for oil firms: Petroleum Minister

  Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily has raised serious concerns over the Finance Ministrys proposal of calculating petroleum subsidy numbers based on the export parity price (EPP) formula. EPP essentially means that petroleum products are priced at the rate that refineries get in the export market.

• Aviation fuel likely at a uniform price across states

  Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said he has requested the Petroleum Ministry to notify aviation turbine fuel (ATF) under declared goods.

• India has an investment friendly climate, assures Govt after Obama remark

  India has dismissed Barack Obama's statement that the investment climate in India is "deteriorating," suggesting that the US President is "not properly informed" about the country's strong economic fundamentals. Commerce Minister Anand Sharma today assured that the country has an "investment friendly climate", adding that Mr Obama's "perception is ...

• Jairam 'anguished', says no more Bhopals

  After Law Minister Veerapa Moily described yesterday's verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case as "justice buried", Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has expressed anguish and says the furore over it is understandable. "It is a matter of deep anguish for me personally. It has taken so long, and the verdict is clearly very unsatisfactory from every ...