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Jairam Ramesh moves Supreme Court challenging validity of Citizenship Bill

Earlier, Chief Ministers of Punjab, West Bengal and Kerala have said that they will not allow the implementation of the Act in their respective states.

Jairam Ramesh challenges Citizenship Act in SC; hearing on Wednesday

Ramesh also sought orders declaring that that the act violates the international law and obligation approved and agreed by India under international covenants

India to review 'lopsided' free trade pacts with Asean, secure better deals

The former Minister also pointed out the India-ASEAN Ministerial statement and said that what the Minister Goyal had said now were two contrary interpretations.

Govt should not take money bill route to bypass Rajya Sabha: Jairam Ramesh

The senior Congress leader said the money bill route was being used in many cases by the ruling party to get parliamentary nod

Is this only to make govt look good on GDP growth rate: Jairam on base year

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday criticised the BJP government's plan to revise the base year to calculate the gross domestic product growth from the current 2011-12 to 2017-18, saying it was a "terrible" idea. Citing a media report in this regard, Ramesh asked if it was only to make Modi 2.0 government look good on GDP growth rates. He suggested that 2018-19 should be made the GDP base year as 2017-18 was "an abnormal year with notebandi (demonetisation) and hasty GST". "Government wants 2017-18 as new GDP base year. Terrible idea! It was an abnormal year with notebandi & hasty GST. Is this only to make Modi Sarkar 2.0 look good on GDP growth rates?" he tweeted.

On RCEP, India has enough bargaining chips, not so helpless: Jairam Ramesh

If agreeing to RCEP means crossing those lines, I think we should wait, we should rush into an agreement that is going to have such deleterious effects on an industry, which is already crippled

Plastic industry employs lakhs, blanket ban will lead to job losses: Jairam

The former Environment minister said the real problem was how to dispose of and recycle plastic waste

Congress struggles to put a lid on Tharoor, Singhvi, Jairam statements

Party critics of Jairam Ramesh, Shashi Tharoor, and Abhishek Manu Singhvi do not have much with which to take them on

Jairam Ramesh responsible for policy paralysis during UPA-2: Veerappa Moily

The former Union Minister also slammed Shashi Tharoor for his statement that praising the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for doing the right things would lend credibility

Churn within Congress: Are Tharoor, Singhvi and Ramesh criticising Rahul?

In a tweet on Friday hash-tagged "Jairam Ramesh", Singhvi said Modi's acts must be judged "issue-wise, not person-wise"

Certain amendments to RTI Act ordered to make CIC toothless: Jairam Ramesh

Why are these amendments being brought about now? It is very interesting

Jairam Ramesh gets bail in defamation case filed by NSA Ajit Doval's son

The complaint was filed against The Caravan and the author of the article, besides Ramesh

Left has to be strong; India can't afford its demise: Jairam Ramesh

He said that the Left has to change its mind as per the aspirations and the ongoing change in the society

Congress stands for healthy and strong corporate India: Jairam Ramesh

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the Congress stood for a healthy and strong corporate India

Jairam Ramesh's book 'Intertwined Lives' on bank nationalisation

Political compulsions may have prompted Indira Gandhi's fateful decision to nationalise banks but it was her Principal Secretary P N Haksar who choreographed the policy

'NAMO, or no allocation, messaging only' will fail Modicare: Jairam Ramesh

He said the budgetary allocation required for the scheme was somewhere between Rs 120 billion to Rs 1 trillion but a grossly insufficient Rs 20 billion had been allocated

Modi govt may disband NGT: Jairam Ramesh

Meghalaya is the third uranium-rich state in the country after Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh

Congress facing existential crisis..Sultanate gone, but we still behave like Sultans: Jairam Ramesh

Ramesh took a potshots at party leaders who still behave as if the party is still in power.

Aadhaar discussion postponed; will Jaitley fall ill tomorrow, asks Jairam

Jaitley, who had on Monday taken ill and not attended Parliament, did not respond to Ramesh

Why I opposed this Bill: Jairam Ramesh

Bill transfers money to the states, where it legitimately belongs, as forests is a Concurrent subject under the Constitution meaning, both Centre and states may legislate on it