Page 19 - P Chidambaram

Chidambaram backs Modi on lockdown, says he's nation's commander in crisis

Chidambaram also suggested a 10-point plan to put money in the bank accounts of the poor and the marginalised, including farmers and labourers

Act boldly, act now, says Chidambaram as coronavirus cases in India top 400

The former finance minister said there will be massive economic pain

Markets reacting to govt's poor handling of coronavirus crisis: Chidambaram

Former FM says markets have taken a dim view of the 'virtually coerced investment by SBI and private sector banks in the equity of failed YES Bank'

Chidambaram calls SBI plan for YES Bank bizarre, attacks Modi govt

Blames Centre for being oblivious to a 35% spike in private lender's loan book since 2014, hints that SBI was arm-twisted into the deal

YES Bank crisis: FM Nirmala Sitharaman asks RBI to fix accountability

Sitharaman said the RBI and the government had been closely monitoring YES Bank since 2017

'No Yes Bank,' says Rahul Gandhi, accuses govt of 'destroying' economy

Yes Bank was placed under a moratorium on Thursday, with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) capping deposit withdrawals at the bank at Rs 50,000 per account for a month and superseding its board

FM on Chidambaram's YES jibe: Self-appointed doctors created more problems

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hit back at senior Congress leader P Chidambaram for his jibe over crisis-hit Yes Bank's loan book swelling five times under BJP rule, saying "self-appointed competent doctors" created more problems in handling crisis at three banks during the UPA regime. She blamed Chidambaram for the crisis at Global Trust Bank in July 2004 and the problems at IDBI which had to merge with on-the-verge of collapsing United Western Bank in 2006. The Congress-led UPA had come to power in May 2004 and Chidambaram was the finance minister. Addressing a press conference after the RBI superseded the board of Yes Bank and placed withdrawal restrictions, she said the crisis-hit lender's exposure to stressed corporates dates before 2014. "The exposure of Yes Bank to some of the very stressed corporates has been before 2014. These are public domain names and I am not violating any customer privacy Anil Ambani (Group), Essel Group, DHFL, IL&FS (and) Vodafone ...

Why pass the law if no minorities will be affected by CAA, asks Chidambaram

Addressing a rally in Kolkata, Shah assured people of the minority community that not a single person will lose citizenship due to the Citizenship Amendment Act

Limiting Centre's share might push up state's burden for high-risk crops

The difference between the actuarial premium rate and the premium paid by farmers was the subsidy shared equally between the Centre and states

Aircel-Maxis case: CBI, ED get time till May 4 to complete probe

The court had on January 28 'revived' the Aircel-Maxis cases filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate against Chidambaram and his son

INX Media case: Former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar, others get bail

The court had earlier reserved its order on bail applications moved by six bureaucrats who were part of the FIPB panel which granted approval to INX Media, in a case involving former FM P Chidambaram

Aircel Maxis case: Delhi court allows Karti, P Chidambaram to travel abroad

Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar granted the relief to Karti while asking him to share his itinerary with the investigation agencies

INX Media case: Delhi court asks CBI to hand over documents, charge sheet

The Chidambarams were present in the court

Nearly half the economy is not running: P Chidambaram

"How long can you blame the previous managers?" asked Chidambaram in his speech

Aircel-Maxis cases: ED, CBI file status report before Delhi court

The ED told District Judge that active investigation into the matter was going on, while CBI informed that letters rogatory had been sent to Malaysia and the status was awaited

Chidambaram calls for mass movement if Muslims are sent to detention camps

The CAA was brought to accommodate the 12 lakh Hindus among the 19 lakh people who could not be included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, he claimed.

Has Congress outsourced task of defeating BJP, Sharmishtha asks Chidambaram

Sharmishtha is daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, who has been a Congress leader all his life

FM hits out at Chidambaram, says nothing to learn from those who gave NPAs

She said defence of India was paralysed and did not have equipment under the UPA

Economy near collapse, being attended by incompetent doctors: Chidambaram

Initiating the debate on the Union Budget for 2020-21 in Rajya Sabha, he said rising unemployment and falling consumption was making India poorer

NDA govt incompetent in managing the country's economy: P Chidambaram

"Altogether, the bottomline is we have a patient who is extremely ill. Doctor has proved himself incompetent. Diagnosis of the doctor is hopelessly wrong," Chidambaram said.