August 20, 2013 6:38 PM

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Chidambaram holds meet with top govt functionaries in New Delhi

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today held a meeting with top government functionaries, including Prime Minister's key economic advisor C Rangarajan in New Delhi. Chidambaram is understood to have discussed the current economic situation in addition to the country's strategy for the upcoming G20 Leaders' Summit at St Petersburg next month.Among others, the meeting was also attended by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram and Commerce Secretary S R Rao.The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of rupee continuing its declining trend and touching a low of 64.11 to a dollar in early trade today and Sensex slipping below 18,000 points during the day.

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