Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee

• West Bengal finances hover over Pranab Mukherjee, Presidential election

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, believed by many to be the front-runner among those vying to be the next President of the country, will have an exacting Monday. Mr Mukherjee met the Finance Minister of West Bengal, Amit Mitra. The state wants Mr Mukherjee to indicate at the earliest whether it will waive 22,000 crores that Bengal owes as interes...

• Pranab Mukherjee to meet jewellers today

  Amid widespread protests by bullion traders, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has called a meeting with jewellers' associations on Friday to sort out the issue related to increase in taxes on gold and non-branded jewellery.

• India not a tax haven, says Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee

  Defending the proposed amendment of the Income Tax (IT) Act with retrospective effect, union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said India cannot be a tax haven.

• No strike now: Bollywood happy with tax exemption

  Producer Mukesh Bhatt is delighted with the government's decision to exempt the film industry from service tax.

• Resignation reports? All 'bunkum' says Pranab

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has dismissed as "bunkum" reports that he had offered to resign following controversy over a note of his Ministry on the 2G issue.

• BJP's attack on Chidambaram continues

  While Finance Minister Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram may have patched up their differences, the BJP is keeping up the attack on the Home Minister.

• Car owners may have to pay more for diesel cars

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday the government is moving in the direction of removing controls on diesel prices. "We are moving in that direction (of decontrol). There are no other proposals being considered by the government," he told reporters outside Parliament after his reply in the Lok Sabha on the discussion on price rise.M...

• What's your biggest concern with the UPA government's management of the country's finances?

  What's your biggest concern with the UPA government's management of the country's finances?survey software

• What is the most important issue the Finance Minister should address in his Budget?

  What is the most important issue the Finance Minister should address in his Budget?

• Finance Minister announces tax reliefs of Rs 400 crore

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced changes in tax proposals that will benefit coffee growers, new hospitals and construction sector.

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  Govt's austerity drive mere tokenism?

  Pranab Mukherjee, who had earlier asked SM Krishna and Shashi Tharoor to vacate their five-star hotel rooms, said he may have been misunderstood.

• G-20: BRIC for reform of funding agencies

  Brazil, Russia, India and China, now known as the BRIC nations, flexed their muscles at the G-20 finance ministers' meet.

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  Pranab calls meeting with Deora, Moily on Ambanis' gas tangle

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday held a meeting with petroleum and law ministers.

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  FM focuses on Bharat ahead of India

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is betting big on rural India.

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  Mukherjee outscores Chidambaram as FM: Snap poll

  A majority of the middle class individuals surveyed by a private TV channel have cheered the Budget 2009-10.