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No fake currency was seized from November 8 to December 30, Finance Ministry tells PAC
During the period, there was an increase of 136 per cent in the number of groups searched than the last year.
System getting ready for digital economy, RBI Governor tells PAC
Need to work on infrastructure, increase availability of swipe machines: central bank officials
PAC: watchdog for govt spending; panel of consensus, controversy
After asking the RBI Governor tough questions and threatening to call in the PM to explain demonetisation, Parliament’s PAC is back in the news. Anand Mishra tells the Committee’s story
Recall remarks on PM Modi: BJP member to PAC head KV Thomas
Addressing a press conference in Kerala, Thomas said on Monday, “We have the powers to summon anyone, even the Prime Minister and the ministers.”
Demonetisation: On Nov 7, it was Govt which ‘advised’ RBI to ‘consider’ note ban, got RBI nod next day
That’s what RBI says in 7-page note to House panel; agrees with Govt’s rationale to counter ‘FICN menace’.
PAC has power to call PM Modi too: KV Thomas on note ban
Sources said the Finance Ministry is concerned about the back-to-back depositions of key finance officers just ahead of the Budget.
House panel questions delay in granting CBFC certificates to films
Shashikant Sharma, Ajay Mittal, Pahlaj Nihalani, P Siddharth Roy Kapoor and the President of the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) have already briefed the panel.
Explain demonetisation, your role, flip-flops, secrecy: Parliament panel to RBI Governor Urjit Patel
Urjit Patel to appear before PAC on January 28, list of 10 questions sent
Demonetisation: Top secys want meeting put off, PAC says no
The PAC will try to present the report on demonetisation in the Budget Session.
India reminds China on Pak-based Masood Azhar: ‘Terror like snake that bites hand that feeds it’
Engagement with Pakistan should continue, says Akbar
New Year gift for farmers, small traders, women from PM Narendra Modi
PM Modi also warned tough action against ‘dishonest’ people and said the government would be friend to an ‘honest’ taxpayer.
Scrap creamy layer ceiling for OBC quota: House panel members
Several members in the panel from Opposition parties took objection to the government’s “dilly-dallying” over both issues.
