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Budget session: Rajya Sabha bids farewell to 72 retiring MPs

The retiring members represent 19 states and some of them have experience of five terms

Income Tax Act must be replaced by Direct Tax Code: P Chidambaram

The debate remained inconclusive and will be resumed on Tuesday, along with the Finance Minister's reply

GDP growth projections in Budget not credible, says P Chidambaram

He urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that she must reassess these growth projections and tell the House about the more realistic nominal and real GDP growth numbers

INX case: HC notice to Chidambaram, son on ED plea against earlier order

Delhi High Court issued notice to former Union Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti Chidambaram and others on a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate against an earlier trial court order

Court grants regular bail to Chidambaram, his son in Aircel-Maxis case

The probe agencies say the approval was granted in 2006 when P. Chidambaram was the Union Finance Minister

Opposition vote-split helped BJP defeat Congress in Goa: Chidambaram

Chidambaram on Thursday said that while the people of Goa wanted change, their votes were split amongst the opposition parties.

Goa polls: Talks on between Congress and non-BJP leaders, says Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said talks were on between leaders of his party and other opposition parties in Goa ahead of counting of votes in the Assembly elections in the coastal state.

India's Covid death toll suspect, says Chidambaram citing Science journal

The reputed journal estimates that the Covid toll in India between "1-6-2020 and 1-7-2021 was 3,200,000 - eight times the official death toll of 400,000", Chidambaram said on Twitter

India's official Covid-19 death numbers 'suspect', says Chidambaram

The Congress has been alleging much higher deaths in the country due to Covid

Govt should put out paper on why it expects over 8% GDP: Chidambaram

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said instead of indulging in "vain boasts" it should put out a reasoned paper on why it expects real GDP growth to be over 8 per cent in 2022-23

Union Budget ignores glaring issue of unemployment, says Chidambaram

Former FM says only 520 mn of India's 940 mn strong workforce have some kind of job; India has a median age of 28.43, meaning that 50% are below this age, and presumably looking for jobs

Chidambaram calls Centre 'no data available government'

Chidambaram said unemployment is on the rise in the country and questioned the Centre over the steps taken for the welfare of the common people

TMC, AAP are defectors, cutting into non-BJP votes in Goa: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday termed the Trinamool Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as the parties of defectors.

Fuel prices will be raised a day after election results, says P Chidambaram

'A finance minister under Manmohan Singh would in 2022-23 have crafted a Budget emphasising the three Ws - work, welfare and wealth', he said

Most capitalist Budget, inequality rising in India rapidly: P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram said the Union Budget was the "most capitalist" with nothing for the poor and farmers while sops were being provided to big industrialists turning India into a very "unequal country"

People will reject this 'capitalist Budget', says P Chidambaram

The "capitalist" Union Budget 2022-23 is "obdurate" and "callous" as there is no cash assistance to the very poor, former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday.

Economic Survey 2022: P Chidambaram says Opposition has no views on economy

This year, the Union Budget will be delivered in paperless form for the second time, unlike the traditional 'bahi-khata' form

Best time to ask for advanced version of Pegasus: Chidambaram to PM

The Congress on Saturday alleged that the Modi government snooped on rivals 'which was an act of treason'

Chidambaram slams Centre over Pegasus spyware issue

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had attacked the reports of India's Pegasus use as "baseless" and "highly sensational"

Chidambaram says contest in Goa between Congress & BJP, Kejriwal hits back

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said his assessment that the AAP and the TMC will win only "fracture" the non-BJP vote has been "confirmed" by Arvind Kejriwal