Yashwant Sinha On Chidambaram

A day after senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's takedown of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's handling of the economy, his son and union minister Jayant Sinha has defended the government's economic policies, stating it is undertaking structural reforms that are "necessary to create a 'New India' and provide good jobs for our billion-strong workforce."

P Chidambaram is in agreement to Yashwant Sinha about what he said on the economy. Writing in the Indian Express today, Yashwant Sinha, the country's former finance minister, indicted Arun Jaitley for making a "mess" of the economy, which, he says, owes it ruin partly to the hurried introduction of the national sales tax, the GST, and Prime Ministe...

The BJP on Monday accused the Congress and Finance Minister P Chidambaram of being the "biggest patrons of crony capitalism".

BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad today hit back at Finance Minister P Chidambaram, after the latter derided as "puerile" the list of 18 questions posted on the weekend to him by the Opposition BJP's Yashwant Sinha, who described him as a "spoiler" for the economy.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today derided as "puerile" the list of 18 questions posted on the weekend to him by the Opposition BJP's Yashwant Sinha, who described him as a "spoiler" for the economy.

Mr Chidambaram, defending his government's economic policies and expounding on their benefits, said, "I hope I can hand over to another firm hand."

Former Finance Minister in the NDA government and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today took on current Finance Minister P Chidambaram over the state of the economy and pointed out that the growth of the last seven quarters has been extremely low.

Former Finance Minister in the NDA government and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today took on current Finance Minister P Chidambaram over the state of the economy and pointed out that the growth of the last seven quarters has been extremely low.

Narendra Modi's attack on the UPA government on economic growth has the Congress and the BJP hurling statistics and words at each other this morning.

The BJP leader was dismissive of the government's various attempts to keep foreign exchange in the country and said steps like raising the import duty on gold alone would not solve the problem.

Speaking during a discussion on the economy in the Lok Sabha, Mr Sinha likened Finance P. Chidambaram to an "incompetent doctor" for failing to curb India's alarming fiscal deficit and said a paralysis in decision-making was the main reason behind the current economic crisis.

Opposition leader and former Finance Minister Yaswant Sinha today spoke in the Parliamnet amidst concerns surrounding the free-falling rupee which breached 66 against the dollar on Tuesday.

The Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill, which aims to overhaul the over 50-year-old I-T Act, is almost ready and will be taken up in the monsoon session of Parliament, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.

BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has written to the Prime Minister, demanding that he testify for a parliamentary committee that's dissecting the telecom or 2G scam, named for the second-generation airwaves involved.

Rail Budget 2013: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has not raised passenger fares in his Rail Budget, despite emphasising on the big losses the Railways is making, pegged at Rs 24,500 crore for this year. He has, however, proposed to raise a fuel surcharge of just under 5 per cent on railway freight traffic. And he has proposed an increase in su...

A day after senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha's takedown of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's handling of the economy, his son and union minister Jayant Sinha has defended the government's economic policies, stating it is undertaking structural reforms that are "necessary to create a 'New India' and provide good jobs for our billion-strong workforce."

P Chidambaram is in agreement to Yashwant Sinha about what he said on the economy. Writing in the Indian Express today, Yashwant Sinha, the country's former finance minister, indicted Arun Jaitley for making a "mess" of the economy, which, he says, owes it ruin partly to the hurried introduction of the national sales tax, the GST, and Prime Ministe...

The BJP on Monday accused the Congress and Finance Minister P Chidambaram of being the "biggest patrons of crony capitalism".

BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad today hit back at Finance Minister P Chidambaram, after the latter derided as "puerile" the list of 18 questions posted on the weekend to him by the Opposition BJP's Yashwant Sinha, who described him as a "spoiler" for the economy.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today derided as "puerile" the list of 18 questions posted on the weekend to him by the Opposition BJP's Yashwant Sinha, who described him as a "spoiler" for the economy.

Mr Chidambaram, defending his government's economic policies and expounding on their benefits, said, "I hope I can hand over to another firm hand."

Former Finance Minister in the NDA government and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today took on current Finance Minister P Chidambaram over the state of the economy and pointed out that the growth of the last seven quarters has been extremely low.

Former Finance Minister in the NDA government and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today took on current Finance Minister P Chidambaram over the state of the economy and pointed out that the growth of the last seven quarters has been extremely low.

Narendra Modi's attack on the UPA government on economic growth has the Congress and the BJP hurling statistics and words at each other this morning.

The BJP leader was dismissive of the government's various attempts to keep foreign exchange in the country and said steps like raising the import duty on gold alone would not solve the problem.

Speaking during a discussion on the economy in the Lok Sabha, Mr Sinha likened Finance P. Chidambaram to an "incompetent doctor" for failing to curb India's alarming fiscal deficit and said a paralysis in decision-making was the main reason behind the current economic crisis.

Opposition leader and former Finance Minister Yaswant Sinha today spoke in the Parliamnet amidst concerns surrounding the free-falling rupee which breached 66 against the dollar on Tuesday.

The Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill, which aims to overhaul the over 50-year-old I-T Act, is almost ready and will be taken up in the monsoon session of Parliament, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.

BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has written to the Prime Minister, demanding that he testify for a parliamentary committee that's dissecting the telecom or 2G scam, named for the second-generation airwaves involved.

Rail Budget 2013: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has not raised passenger fares in his Rail Budget, despite emphasising on the big losses the Railways is making, pegged at Rs 24,500 crore for this year. He has, however, proposed to raise a fuel surcharge of just under 5 per cent on railway freight traffic. And he has proposed an increase in su...