13 June :  Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said former Chief Minister Arjun Singh took the decision on then Union Carbide CEO’s exit keeping in view the law and order situation.
“The statement made by Mr. Singh as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister five days after the Bhopal disaster had been published in a newspaper,” he told reporters in Kolkata on Sunday.
“It is very clear from the statement of Arjun Singh, which was published in The Times of India on December 8, 1984, that the law and order situation in Bhopal …

19 oct : The Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will launch the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) here tomorrow i.e., 20th October 2009. The launch programme of the NSDC will see the release of 12 skill gap reports concerning 12 industry sectors; launch of the NSDC Website and invitations or call for proposals. The Finance Minister will present a few agreements on behalf of NSDC to a few organizations who are starting skill projects. Shri M V Subbiah, Chairman, NSDC, Government Officials, Captains of industry, NGOs, multilateral agencies and members …

27 Aug : Paving the way for moving to the next generation of mobile services, an empowered Group of Ministers on Thursday fixed Rs 3,500 crore as reserve price for 3G spectrum to be given to a maximum five players initially.
The EGoM also decided a base price of Rs 1,750 crore for pan-India WiMax (wireless internet) spectrum and the auction of both will be completed within 90 days, Telecom Minister A Raja told reporters.
“I do feel that the Government of India, putting together 3G and Wimax, will easily get Rs …

27 Aug : The government has decided to provide full interest subsidy on education loans taken by poor students to pursue technical and professional courses and fixed their parental income limit at Rs 4.5 lakh per annum to avail the benefit.
A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its nod to the scheme to enable students from economically weaker sections to
continue any approved course in recognised technical and professional institutions in the  country.
The scheme would benefit over five lakh students to pursue …

21 Aug :  Government has noticed certain advertisements during the last few days published by certain shareholders of Reliance Anil-Dhirubhai Ambani Group in several newspapers across the country. After consideration of this in a meeting of Finance Minister, Law Minister, Power Minister and Petroleum Minister, it is considered necessary to issue the present Press release to correct the ongoing propaganda against the Government in matters, some of which are sub-judice in Courts. The Government is of the view that such an advertisement campaign on the eve of the hearing in …