K V Thomas

72 Days After Demonetisation, RBI Is Still Calculating Scrapped Notes Deposits

Business | Press Trust of India | Friday January 20, 2017

RBI Governor Urjit Patel along with Deputy Governor R Gandhi and other senior functionaries appeared before the PAC, headed by former union minister and senior Congress leader K V Thomas, for oral evidence on 'Review of Monetary Policy'.

Rising Prices to Raise Subsidy Burden on PDS Sugar: Former Food Minister

Business | Tuesday June 24, 2014

The Centre's subsidy burden on PDS sugar may go up due to price increases after import duty on the sweetener was hiked, former Food Minister K V Thomas said on Tuesday.

Key Contestant: KV Thomas

Elections News | NDTV.com | Wednesday April 9, 2014

Union food minister K V Thomas, four-term Congress MP, is locked in a triangular contest in Ernakulam with retired bureaucrat Christy Fernandes, an independent candidate who is being backed by the LDF, and journalist-turned-politician Anita Pratap (AAP).

Mobile phone application to track poll violators

Elections News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 3, 2014

Going digital to track violators, polling officials in the Ernakulam and Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituencies, where Congress heavyweights Union Minister K V Thomas and P C Chacko are contesting, will keep a hawk-eye vigil using a mobile phone application.

Cabinet to consider subsidy on raw sugar exports on Friday: Food Minister

Business | Friday February 7, 2014

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday deferred a decision on fixing subsidy for exports of raw sugar for Friday, February 7, amid differences between food and agriculture ministries.

Panel to meet on December 18 to discuss sops for sugar mills: Food Minister

Business | Monday December 16, 2013

An informal group of ministers, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, is scheduled to meet on December 18 to discuss further incentives for the cash-starved sugar industry.

Government nod on bailout package to sugar mills likely before Christmas: Food Minister

Business | Wednesday December 11, 2013

The government is likely to take a final call before this Christmas on a bailout package for the sugar industry that includes Rs 7,200 crore of interest-free bank loans to pay dues to sugarcane growers, according to Food Minister K V Thomas.

Air India plane to Kochi, with minister on board, returns to Delhi

South | Press Trust of India | Friday November 8, 2013

An Air India plane to Kochi, with 147 people on board, including the Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs K V Thomas, had to return to New Delhi after take-off today when the pilots found a fault in its air-conditioning system.

Onion prices: Sheila Dikshit to meet Sharad Pawar, KV Thomas today

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 24, 2013

Worried over high onion prices ahead of assembly elections, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is scheduled to meet Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Food Minister K V Thomas today to discuss the situation.

'Next CCEA meet to decide on duty hike of refined edible oil'

Business | Wednesday October 23, 2013

The government is considering a duty hike of refined edible oil and the decision in this regard will be taken in the next CCEA meeting, Food Minister K V Thomas said today.

Government examining rising prices of foodgrains: KV Thomas

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 25, 2013

Expressing concern over high food inflation, Food Minister K V Thomas today said the government is examining the reasons for "undue" rise in prices of foodgrains despite high production.

Government examining high inflation in foodgrains: Food Minister

Business | Wednesday September 25, 2013

As per the WPI index, food inflation rose sharply to 18.18 per cent in August, while the general inflation increased to 6.1 per cent in the same period.

India working on formulating guideline on e-commerce

Business | Friday August 30, 2013

The Consumer Affairs Ministry has already started working on this and has sought suggestions from other ministries that include finance and IT to carry the plan forward.

Merge NSEL with promoter firm Financial Technologies: investor forum

Business | Monday August 19, 2013

Investors stuck with the crisis-ridden National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) on Monday demanded that the bourse should be merged with its promoter firm Financial Technologies India Ltd, which they feel is a stronger company.

Government plans to hike sugar import duty by 5 per cent to 15 per cent

Business | Saturday July 6, 2013

The government plans to increase import duty on sugar to 15 per cent from the current 10 per cent in order to curb shipments and clear sugarcane arrears to farmers estimated at about Rs 9,000 crore, Foof Minister K V Thomas said on Thursday.