When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union budget later this month, investors, taxpayers, corporates, and mutual fund houses will be hopeful for some significant tweaks in the structure of the capital gains tax, which is currently not standard. The Capital gains tax burden experienced by investors can differ depending on the type of asset … Read more
Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. File | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government and said the saffron party is no longer a political party but has become a cult which worships Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Targeting the Modi government, Mr. Chidambaram said … Read more
A day after PM Modi made a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code, Congress leader P. Chidambaram said it cannot be forced on people by an “agenda-driven majoritarian government” | file photo | Photo Credit: ANI A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Congress … Read more
The Congress on Thursday criticised the Modi-led BJP government for “misusing” central agencies against opposition leaders. The grand old party, which held massive protests against the Enforcement Directorate‘s questioning of Sonia Gandhi, alleging that the ruling dispensation was treating the opposition as its enemies. Gandhi appeared before the ED here for questioning in the National … Read more
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday dubbed the NDA dispensation at the Centre as a “No Dissonance Allowed” government after it rejected the Environmental Performance Index. He said the Modi government should realise that the world will not dance to the tunes of the BJP and the RSS. “NDA Government is well known as … Read more
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday highlighted the “plight” of the middle class due to rising prices of daily use items and said if such is their state, imagine the “terrible pain” of the poor families. In a series of tweets, the former finance minister said “look at the plight” of the middle class … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation has alleged Congress MP Karti Chidambaram received an ‘illegal gratification of Rs 50 lakh to illegally facilitate visas for 263 Chinese nationals’ to complete a power project in Punjab, in a first information report. Karti ‘misused his influence’ in the home ministry in 2011 and ‘conspired’ with co-accused to devise … Read more
Asserting that the state of the economy is a cause of “extreme concern”, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said taking into account global and domestic developments, it may be necessary to contemplate a reset of economic policies. Addressing a press conference, Chidambaram said a slower rate of growth has been the “hallmark” of … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the PM was indulging in ‘coercive’, not cooperative, federalism by blaming states for ‘fuel price hike’ or ‘coal supply shortage’ despite the Centre’s role in these. As a counter, the party also dragged the Centre into the issue of the non-reimbursement of GST dues to states. “High fuel … Read more
The former home minister said that on a day when the prime minister exhorted people to recall the teachings of Jesus Christ, miscreants disrupted a Christmas programme in a private school in Haryana. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over miscreants reportedly disrupting Christmas-related events in Haryana and Assam, … Read more