Features on Politics - Pranab Mukherjee

About Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Mukherjee (Born: December 11, 1935 at Mirati village, Kirnahar town, Birbhum districct, West Bengal, India) is the Indian Finance Minister. He is a teacher, journalist and an author. He presented the Indian Union Budget 2010-2011 on February 26, 2010 in the Parliament.

Professional Biography

Pranab Mukherjee was a member of the high-level Government panel to review defence personnel pay hike.

As Minister

He served as Deputy Minister for Industrial Development (February 1973 - January 1974), Deputy Minister for Shipping and Transport (January 1974 - October 1974), Minister of State for Finance (October 1974 - December 1975) and Minister of Revenue and Banking (Independent Charge) (December 1975 - March 1977), Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Steel & Mines (January, 1980 to January, 1982), Cabinet Minister of Finance from (January, 1982 to December, 1984) with additional charge of Ministry of Commerce and Supply (September to December 31, 1984), Depurty Chairman, Planning Commission (June 1991 to May, 1996), Cabinet Minister of Commerce (January 1993 to February, 1995), Cabinet Minister of External Affairs (February, 1995 to May, 1996) and Cabinet Minister of Defence (May 22, 2004). He also served as the Indian External Affairs Minister and later has held the additional charge of Union Finance Minister when Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was ill.

As External Affairs Minister

In September 07, he met Palentinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of 62nd UN General Assembly in New York.

As Finance Minister

For information, read Pranab Mukherjee as Indian Finance Minister.

Other Professional Information

• In August 09 Mukherjee described the BJP's attempts to vilify India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru for his role during the Partition, as a malicious campaign to distort history.

Pranab Mukherjee Quotes

• "A nuclear deal with the US will be bound by international conventions on bilateral treaties", speaking at a seminar on September 26, 2008. He said the deal with US does not infringe on its sovereignty.
• "International community must adopt zero tolerance towards acts of terrorism", condemning Islamabad blast
• "Political parties should not take dogmatic approach in protecting farmers", blaming WB Chief Minister responsible for the Singur impasse
• "Despite global economic recession, India is going to emerge as a major economic player", reacting on the US financial meltdown

Personal Biography

Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee and Rajlakshmi Mukherjee are his parents. He is married to Suvra Mukherjee on July 13, 1957. He has two sons and a daughter.

Pranab Mukherjee in recent news

• Pranab Mukherjee was in the US during September 08. The US House of Representatives is likely to vote on nuke-deal on Saturday night
• Held talks with Home Minister Shivraj Patil to consider measures to ensure security in the area. Reviews situation after Blasts at Mehrauli, Delhi

Pranab to talk with opponents of Womens Reservation Bill
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is expected to hold talks with those opposing the Womens Reservation Bill before the Central Government takes a final call on it. ANI

Home Secretary to open India-Bangladesh security conference in Delhi
As India strives for safe neighbourhood with intensified engagements with its neighbours, an India-Bangladesh Security Dialogue is being organised later this week in Delhi by two premier think tanks of these countries. ANI

Pawar asks Womens Bill opponents to let it pass in current form
Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday asked the Womens Reservation Bill opponents to let the Bill pass in its present form. ANI

Nepal lawmakers say border problems persist with India in 15 districts
Nepals lawmakers have claimed that border problems with India persist in at least 15 districts, and, have demanded a revision of a survey that was prepared and inked during the 2008 visit of then Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee. ANI

Mukherjee admits fuel hike has hit commoners
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has admitted that the hike in fuel price has affected the life of the middle class families and lower income groups. ANI

Inflationary pressure on food items coming down: Mukherjee
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that inflationary pressure on food items has started coming down. ANI

Pranab Mukherjee wants tax collection to be more humane
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has asked Indian Revenue Service officials to consider tax payers as important stakeholders in nation building and to administer taxes with a humane approach. ANI

Left walks out of Lok Sabha over price rise issue
The Left Parties on Friday staged a walk out of the Lok Sabha over the issue of price rise. ANI

Left to protest over fuel price hike
The Left parties will hold a protest rally on Friday to put pressure on the Central Government over the increase in fuel price. ANI

Obama names Clinton as certification authority of Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal
United States President Barack Obama has appointed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the new certification authority to verify the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement after every six months. ANI

Yadav trio to meet Sonia Gandhi over Womens Reservation Bill
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav are expected to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI

Centre ready for all-party meet to discuss Womens Reservation Bill: Pranab Mukherjee
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the Central Government is ready to call for an all-party meeting to discuss the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI

Union Budget a shot in arm for Northeast development
The Union Budget addressed the importance of infrastructure for sustained economic development and allotted money to boost the growth potential would be realized only if infrastructure does not become a severe and critical handicap. ANI

India believe 74 missing defence personnel in Pak custody
The Union Government on Wednesday said that 74 missing defence personnel languishing in Pakistani jail. ANI

Govt. implements committee recommendations on ex-soldiers pension
To reduce the gap between past and current ex-servicemen pensioners, the Central Government has accepted all the recommendations of the committee under the Cabinet Secretary to look into the issue of disparity in pensions and other related matters. ANI

PM to meet Lalu, Mulayam, Sharad over Women Reservation Bill
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will meet Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav today over the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI

Prime Minister to meet select leaders over Women Reservation Bill tomorrow
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a meet with the party chiefs of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party, and Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday morning over the Women Reservation Bill, a decision in this regard was taken at the Congress partys core group meet on Monday evening. ANI

Core group of Congress party meets to discuss Womens Reservation Bill
A core-group meeting of the Congress party is being held at the Prime Ministers residence (7, Race Course Road) here in the wake of postponement of the Women Reservation Bill in the Parliament on Monday. ANI

PM, Sonia to hold meet at 7 RCR over Women Reservation Bill
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi will hold a meet at 6.30 p.m. at the 7 Race Course Road in the capital. ANI

All party meet postponed to Tuesday following RJD, SP protest
The all-party meeting called by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manomhan Singh, to discuss differences over the Womens Reservation Bill, was postponed to Tuesday just after it was briefly held at 4.15 p.m. on Monday amidst protest by the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Samajwadi Party and to form a better floor strategy in the House. ANI

PM calls for all-party meeting on Womens Reservation Bill, meets Mulayam, Lalu, but they will skip
With proceedings in Parliament all but suspended over the tabling and expected passage of the more than decade-old Womens Reservation Bill on Monday, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has called for an all-party meeting from 4.15 p.m. in the hope of arriving at a political consensus and avoid the Bill being put to a voice vote later this evening. ANI

Uproar in Parliament over Womens Bill; both House adjourned till 4 pm
The Rajya Sabha witnessed unprecendented scenes leading to an adjournment for the fourth time on Monday as determined SP, RJD and BSP members entered the Well of the House, ripped off mikes and tore up papers in an attempt to stall the Womens Reservation Bill from being taken up for consideration. ANI

PM meets Congress leaders, discusses floor strategy for Womens Bill passage
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is attending a Congress party meeting to formulate the floor strategy for ensuring the passage of the Womens Reservation Bill, which has been held up for more than a decade. ANI

Deve Gowda heads farmers to Delhi rally
Hundreds of farmers from Karnataka under the leadership of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda boarded the train to New Delhi from Bangalore city railway station on Sunday evening. ANI

Mukherjee says inflation not due to food shortage
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said inflation is not due to food shortage. ANI

Efforts are being made to meet credit requirements of SMEs in NE region: Mukherjee
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said efforts are being made to meet the credit requirements of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), micro and other tiny industries in the North Eastern region. ANI

Anand Sharma slams opposition for playing politics on price rise issue
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma on Thursday slammed the opposition for playing petty politics on the issue of price rise. ANI

UNDP chief Clark to visit India from March 5 to 10
Helen Clark, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), arrives in India on Friday for a five-day official visit. ANI

BJP slams Centre on price rise issue
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Centre for its stand on inflationary food trends. ANI

Congress partys top priority is food prices: Sonia Gandhi
Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday told party Members of Parliament that bringing down food prices would be its top priority. ANI

Sonia Gandhi to brief allies on fuel price hike
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will talk to allies of the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Thursday, and explain to them the partys position on fuel price hike. ANI

Mukherjee to brief UPA allies on fuel price hike, NDA leaders to meet
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will brief United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies on fuel price hike issue today. ANI

Government faces Opposition heat on price rise
Both houses of parliament could not transact any business in the first half of the day, as the opposition members raised an uproar over the price rise issue, leading to an adjournment of both houses twice. ANI

Mukherjee to brief UPA allies on fuel price hike, NDA leaders to meet
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will brief United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies on fuel price hike issue today. ANI

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