P. Chidambaram
P. Chidambaram
Pazhaniappan Chidambaramis an Indian politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress and a former Union Minister of Finance of India. Chidambaram is a corporate lawyer and an important member of the last Congress-led government. He has been the Finance Minister since May 2004, except for a three and a half year stint - beginning November 2008 - as Home Minister, in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Chidambaram returned as Finance Minister in July 2012, succeeding Pranab Mukherjee,...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 September 1945
CountryIndia
Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.
I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.
Police can only act on intelligence.
The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.
The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.
We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.
When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.
Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.
I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.
Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.
I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
I know my limitations. I live and work according to my limitations. And my party only two weeks ago has clearly declared that the leader of the party after Ms Sonia Gandhi will be Mr Rahul Gandhi. And all of us, including me, have expressed our solid support to Mr Rahul Gandhi.