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Left has to be strong; India can't afford its demise: Jairam Ramesh

He said that the Left has to change its mind as per the aspirations and the ongoing change in the society

Congress stands for healthy and strong corporate India: Jairam Ramesh

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the Congress stood for a healthy and strong corporate India

Jairam Ramesh's book 'Intertwined Lives' on bank nationalisation

Political compulsions may have prompted Indira Gandhi's fateful decision to nationalise banks but it was her Principal Secretary P N Haksar who choreographed the policy

'NAMO, or no allocation, messaging only' will fail Modicare: Jairam Ramesh

He said the budgetary allocation required for the scheme was somewhere between Rs 120 billion to Rs 1 trillion but a grossly insufficient Rs 20 billion had been allocated

Modi govt may disband NGT: Jairam Ramesh

Meghalaya is the third uranium-rich state in the country after Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh

Congress facing existential crisis..Sultanate gone, but we still behave like Sultans: Jairam Ramesh

Ramesh took a potshots at party leaders who still behave as if the party is still in power.

Aadhaar discussion postponed; will Jaitley fall ill tomorrow, asks Jairam

Jaitley, who had on Monday taken ill and not attended Parliament, did not respond to Ramesh

Why I opposed this Bill: Jairam Ramesh

Bill transfers money to the states, where it legitimately belongs, as forests is a Concurrent subject under the Constitution meaning, both Centre and states may legislate on it

Forest fund Bill failed as it didn't respect tribals: Jairam

Claims Bill did not respect rights of people under the Forest Rights Act and gave unbridled control over thousands of crores to forest bureaucracy

Ramesh, Jaitley engage in friendly banter

If there has been a trenchant critic of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Congress camp in the Rajya Sabha it is former Union minister and senior leader Jairam Ramesh. Ramesh, one of the 53 members who retired from the Rajya Sabha, in a brief farewell speech took a jibe at Jaitley, saying he was one of the top "spinners" in the government. "The Leader of the House is a master spinner of facts," he said, comparing Jaitley to cricket spinners. Ramesh's advice to Jaitley: "Stop spinning and start governing." When Ramesh alluded to something he thought former cricketer Vijay Merchant had said - "It is better to go when people ask why he is going rather than why he isn't going" - Jaitley, in his address, said he was "correcting his friend for the last time". Those words were spoken by Sunil Gavaskar, not Merchant, said Jaitley.

Chances of a smooth run of Parliament are remote: Jairam Ramesh

Interview with Congress member in the Rajya Sabha

It's time we listened to Jairam Ramesh

If steps to prevent environmental damages are not taken in time, it will be too late, and when Japan-like calamities knock on our doors