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  Union Cabinet approves India's first agriculture export policy to double farmers' income by 2022

  India | December 06, 2018 22:55 IST

  The move is aimed at boosting exports of agriculture commodities such as tea, coffee and rice and increase the country's share in global agri-trade, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said.

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  Base year for GDP calculation revised 5-6 times since independence: Arun Jaitley

  Business | December 05, 2018 23:44 IST

  Jaitley said the opposition went overboard on the issue of CBI versus CBI and it did have a lack of understanding of the issue.

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  Jaitley calls for open borders; says ‘barriers to free trade should be dismantled’

  Business | December 03, 2018 11:46 IST

  Nations across the world are now realising that increased trade helps not just the global economy but also its own economy, he said.

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  Arun Jaitley defends revision in GDP data; Chidambaram calls it 'hatchet job'

  Politics | November 29, 2018 23:51 IST

  Jaitley said the CSO, in 2015, changed the way of calculating Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP growth rate estimates were revised from the year 2012-13 onwards with 2011-12 being the base year.

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  'Who was Mahatma Gandhi's father?': Jaitley hits back at Congress for jibe over PM Modi's father

  Politics | November 27, 2018 16:27 IST

  “The debate whether India should be a dynastic democracy has been ignited by a self-goal of the Congress Party," said Jaitley.

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  Govt doesn't need extra funds from RBI: Arun Jaitley

  Business | November 24, 2018 23:01 IST

  Jaitley, however, added that the extra funds, which may accrue from the new capital framework of the Reserve Bank, can always be used for poverty alleviation programmes over the years by future governments.

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  1984 riots | Arun Jaitley blames Cong for 'massacre'; praises Modi, Vajpayee govts for delivering justice to Sikhs

  India | November 21, 2018 18:57 IST

  In a Facebook post titled “The Legacy Of 1984”, Jaitley accused the Congress government of allowing the militancy in Punjab to go unchecked, anticipating elections towards the end of 1984.

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  Roads, power, water no issues in MP election: Arun Jaitley

  November 18, 2018 21:07 IST

  The state, under the BJP rule, has shed its "Bimaru" (backward, laggard) tag and become "aspirational", Jaitley said.

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  Coalition of rivals will be certain recipe for disaster: Jaitley slams proposed grand alliance for Lok Sabha polls

  India | November 17, 2018 23:18 IST

  Jaitley said he saw the reality of state parties in the country, but the nucleus of the coalition should be a party with a large political base and not a miniscule political base.

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  ‘Those who have lot to hide will fear CBI’: Jaitley on AP, WB govts withdrawing ‘general consent’

  India | November 17, 2018 19:28 IST

  “It is believed that Andhra’s move is not motivated by any particular case, but by the fear of what is likely to happen. I am not saying anything more than that at the moment,” he added.

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  'Demonetisation highly ethical move, not political': Arun Jaitley responds to Rahul Gandhi's charges

  India | November 17, 2018 14:28 IST

    Speaking to reporters after releasing BJP's manifesto in Bhopal ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections, Jaitley said that demonetisation has increased the tax return filings and also increased the revenue of the states and the Centre immensely.

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  No danger to free speech, not possible to impose Emergency-like press censorship today: Jaitley

  India | November 16, 2018 22:09 IST

  Jaitley said that every political viewpoint these days was able to find "some space in some section or the other", and pointed out that the social media permitted individual citizens to express their opinions freely.

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  Rafale row: 'Falsehood' not a substitute for Rahul Gandhi’s 'failed' politics, says Arun Jaitley

  Politics | November 14, 2018 0:02 IST

  "Modi has admitted to his theft in the Supreme Court. In the affidavit, he admitted to changes in the contract without asking the Air Force and putting Rs 30,000 crore in Ambani's pocket," Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.

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  GST had only transient impact on growth, says Arun Jaitley

  India | November 11, 2018 23:44 IST

    But the minister was silent on Rajan's criticism of the note-ban, which has disrupted everyone's life in general and that of small traders and small businesses in particular.

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  2 years of DeMo: Jaitley staunchly defends move, Rahul Gandhi calls it 'carefully planned criminal financial scam'

  India | November 09, 2018 0:05 IST

  Terming the criticism, that almost the entire cash money got deposited in the banks post demonetisation, as 'ill-informed', Jaitley said confiscation of currency was not an objective of demonetisation.

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  2 years of demonetisation: Jaitley praises note ban, Manmohan calls it 'ill-fated | Who said what

  India | November 08, 2018 16:48 IST

  In a sudden move that took everyone by surprise, PM Modi had on this day in 2016, announced a ban on the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.

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  2 years of demonetisation: Arun Jaitley praises note ban, says it led to formalisation of economy

  India | November 08, 2018 14:34 IST

  Jaitley pointed out that confiscation of currency was not an objective of Demonetisation, adding getting it into the formal economy and making the holders pay tax was the broader objective.

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  India to be among 3 largest economies of world in coming years: Arun Jaitley

  Business | November 02, 2018 19:40 IST

  In 2017, India became the sixth largest economy with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of USD 2.59 trillion, relegating France to the seventh position.  

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  GST collections cross Rs 1 lakh crore mark in October: Arun Jaitley

  Business | November 01, 2018 13:48 IST

  The finance minister attributed the rise in the tax mop-up to lower tax rates and higher compliance.

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  RBI responsible for mountain of bad loans, says Arun Jaitley

  India | October 30, 2018 16:11 IST

  Jaitley's comments reflect a growing tension between the RBI and the government, days after the central bank Deputy Governor Viral Acharya made a bold pitch for autonomy and independence in the banking regulator's functioning.