K V Thomas

A day after being expelled from the Congress party for alleged anti-party activities, rebel leader and former Union Minister K V Thomas on Friday said that he did not get any formal communication about his expulsion from the leadership.

The Congress on Thursday expelled its rebel leader and former Union Minister K V Thomas for alleged anti-party activities, KPCC chief K Sudhakaran said.

Veteran Congress leader K V Thomas on Wednesday brushed aside CPI(M) Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's invitation to join the Left party.

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'.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A day after being expelled from the Congress party for alleged anti-party activities, rebel leader and former Union Minister K V Thomas on Friday said that he did not get any formal communication about his expulsion from the leadership.

The Congress on Thursday expelled its rebel leader and former Union Minister K V Thomas for alleged anti-party activities, KPCC chief K Sudhakaran said.

Veteran Congress leader K V Thomas on Wednesday brushed aside CPI(M) Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's invitation to join the Left party.

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'.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.