| A K Bhattacharya: Am minister, will travel | 15-SEP-09 |
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| Ministerial expenses on travel have always remained a tiny portion of the Union government’s total expenditure. Ten years ago, tour expenses of central ministers were estimated at Rs 40 crore, accounting for about 0.01 per cent of the government’s total expenditure that year. In 2009-10, they are budgeted at Rs 161 crore and their share in the government’s total expenditure is marginally up to 0.02 per cent. |
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| Ministerial group decides to take up NTPC's concerns | 26-AUG-09 |
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| The Group of Four Ministers or G-4, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, had its final meeting today and decided to either withdraw and amend the Special Leave Petition or file a separate affidavit or an interlocutory application this week, a top source said. |
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| Ministerial group to take NTPC concerns on board | 25-AUG-09 |
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| The group of four ministers or G-4, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, had its final meeting today and decided to either withdraw and amend the Special Leave Petition or file separate affidavit or an interlocutory application this week, a top source said. |
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| Bespoke music | 21-JUN-09 |
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| Dr MUKESH AGHI, CEO of Steria, believes that gadgets need to be eco-friendly. He takes care to choose only the most energy-efficient gadgets for home and office. His personal favourite is the music system, custom built to his specifications. |
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| Ministerial intentions | 03-JUN-09 |
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| The new ministers have been sharing their initial thoughts with the media, and making statements of intent. Most of these are to be welcomed, while a few have sounded the wrong note. |
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| Guj Cong eyeing ministerial berths for its MPs | 19-MAY-09 |
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| The Gujarat Congress, which won 11 out of the 26 Lok Sabha seats in the recently concluded polls, is hopeful of some of its MPs getting ministerial berths in the new Government. |
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| Pie in the sky | 16-APR-09 |
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| The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate LK Advani’s plans to get India back in the black, so to speak, will take a lot more effort than he would have the country believe. After the expose involving a Liechtenstein bank, where a former employee provided the names of citizens of various countries who had accounts in the bank, and the OECD crackdown on various tax havens, Mr Advani clearly believes that the famed secrecy laws of the Swiss banks are a thing of the past. |
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| Pawar hints he is in prime ministerial race | 10-APR-09 |
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| NCP chief Sharad Pawar today gave hints that he would like to be in the prime ministerial race and probably expects Left support in the bid in any muddled post-poll scenario. |
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| Cong leadership firm on Manmohan as PM choice | 03-APR-09 |
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| After officially declaring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its prime ministerial candidate for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress leadership today went a step ahead and ruled out any negotiation on this post. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, while acknowledging that the Congress may need the support of other parties to form the next government, made it clear that others would have to “work out” arrangements to accept Manmohan Singh in the top post. |
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