P. Chidambaram
Cabinet Member and Politician
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PM caves in on cane...bloc, the PM hastily convened a stock-taking meeting. It was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P Chidambaram and Law Minister Veerappa Moily, besides Mr Pawar. aEURoeThe government will amend the sugarcane... In this article: Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Sharad Pawar, Delhi, Interregnum, Anxiety, and Samajwadi Party |
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New Kerala | 2 days ago
Sugarcane pricing not discussed at cabinet meeting: Soni
...pricing. The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily and Home Minister P. Chidambaram. The prime minister has also assured Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi that the government...
In this article: Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, United Progressive Alliance, Sugar, Digvijay Singh, and Pranab Mukherjee
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Times of India | 2 days ago
Protests over sugarcane prices, PM calls emergency meeting
...colleagues. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, Law minister M. Veerappa Moily, Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar and Home minister P. Chidambaram attended the meeting at Parliament House. Sources said: "The decision taken at the meeting...
In this article: Sugar, New Delhi, Suicide, Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, and Amar Singh
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New Kerala | 2 days ago
US asks Pakistan to show results on 26/11 action
...to bring 26/11 perpetrators, including Hafiz Syed, to justice and demolish terror infrastructure. Referring to Home Minister P Chidambaram's recent visit to the US, Mr Roemer said both countries anti-terror cooperation between the two...
In this article: United States, Pakistan, Manmohan Singh, Washington, India, P Chidambaram, Barack Obama, and New Delhi
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Times of India | 4 days ago
Chidambaram, Mirwaiz talk peace at secret meet
...off away from public glare. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chairman of Hurriyat's moderate faction, was learned to have met home minister P Chidambaram quietly over the weekend in New Delhi to expedite the peace process. Speaking to TOI on...
In this article: P Chidambaram, New Delhi, Pakistan, Hizbul Mujahideen, and Manmohan Singh
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New Kerala | November 07, 2009
Chidambaram, Swami Ramdev should apologise: Vinay Katiyar
Lucknow, Nov 7 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Vinay Katiyar Saturday asked union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and renowned yoga guru Swami Ramdev to 'apologise to the country for hurting the sentiments' of people. He...
In this article: Swami Ramdev, Vinay Katiyar, Bharatiya Janata Party, Manmohan Singh, and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
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Times of India | November 06, 2009
'Operation Green Hunt' invention of media, claims Chidamabaram
...the government's intention to launch an attack on Maoist headquarters in the jungles of Chhattisgarh for weeks, Union home minister P Chidambaram took a U-turn on Friday by saying that the proposed "Operation Green Hunt" was an invention...
In this article: P Chidambaram, LeT, FBI, LTTE, Manmohan Singh, Pakistan, India, and Mumbai
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Times of India | November 06, 2009
Two arrested in Pakistan following LeT man Headley's arrest: Chidambaram
...a number of times and I think on the advice of the FBI, two or perhaps more people have been arrested in Pakistan," home minister P Chidambaram told reporters in Hyderabad about the plot which was foiled with the arrest of the LeT operative...
In this article: Lashkar-e-Taiba, P Chidambaram, Pakistan, FBI, National Defence College, Manmohan Singh, Chicago, New Delhi, and US
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New Kerala | November 06, 2009
VIP security must be more sensitive, says Chidambaram
Hyderabad, Nov 6 : VIP security must be sensitive to the 'emergency needs' of the people, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Friday while describing as unfortunate the death of a patient outside a Chandigarh hospital when Prime...
In this article: Manmohan Singh, Chandigarh, Special Protection Group, Hyderabad, and Ambala
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New Kerala | November 04, 2009
Unaware of resolution against Vande Matram: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Nov 4 : Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday clarified that he was not aware that a resolution had been passed against the national song 'Vande Mataram' by Muslim clerics at a gathering at Deoband attended by him. "The...
In this article: Vande Mataram, Bharatiya Janata Party, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, and New Delhi
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New Kerala | November 01, 2009
Don't provoke us, Chidambaram warns Pakistan
Madurai, Nov 1 : Home Minister P. Chidambaram has warned Pakistan "not to play with India" by covertly sponsoring terrorists. Addressing a public meeting here Saturday, the minister said: "The Mumbai attacks (of November 2008) should be...
In this article: Pakistan, Bharatiya Janata Party, India, Naxalites, Congress, Manmohan Singh, Mumbai, and Islamabad
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Palaniappan Chidambaram (பழனியப்பன் சிதம்பரம்) (born 16th September, 1945) is an Indian politician and present Union Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of India. He is among the most prominent cabinet ministers of the ruling-United Progressive Alliance (UPA) union government led by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. From May 2004 to November 2008, he was the Finance Minister of India. However, after the resignation of Shivraj Patil, Chidambaram was made the Home Affairs Minister.
P. Chidambaram was also a cabinet minister with the finance portfolio for a brief period in the United Front coalition government from 1996 to 1998. Prior to this, he was Minister of State (Deputy Minister) in the Rajiv Gandhi and Narasimha Rao led Congress-party governments, holding other portfolios. He hails from a business community,Nagarathar or Nattukotai Chettiars of Tamil Nadu.
Chidambaram a former staunch socialist, ushered in full-on market reforms and liberalisation. He has been fully supportive of the calibrated economic reforms, ushered in since 1991. He was a trade union activist in his early years. He was a critic of Friedrich Hayek and the free-market and was a proponent of the economic theory by which banks must set apart 15% of all loans to poor Muslims . Chidambaram was also instrumental in implementing the ideas of Friedrich Engels by banning futures trades in wheat and rice. As an ideologue opposed to the free-market and as a firm believer of the planned economy, he forced the steel industry to cut its exports and threatened the cement manufacturers to cut prices or face punitive action. Chidambaram, as finance minister under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia is a part of the Planning Commission of India that is based on the Soviet body that planned the economy of the erstwhile USSR.
- Birthplace:
- Kandanur, Tamil Nadu
- Religion:
- Hindu
- Spouse:
- Nalini Chidambaram
- Residence:
- Chennai (Madras)
- Political party:
- INC
- Website:
- http://www.pchidambaram.org/
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