Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
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Centre, States Break Deadlock on GST; Bill in Current Session
Dec 16, 2014, 11:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a last minute compromise deal, the Centre on Monday night decided to keep petroleum out of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in return for states agreeing to entry tax being subsumed in
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Blackmoney issue: Congress accuses Jaitley of bluffing people
National | Oct 22, 2014, 01:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today reacted sharply to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks that the Opposition party will be embarrassed once names of people holding illicit foreign accounts are made public, daring him to “name the
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Economy rebounding, inflation moderating: FM on 100 days
Aug 30, 2014, 08:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Encouraged by marked improvement in the GDP numbers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said growth rate would accelerate further on back of improvement in investor confidence and moderation in inflation.With government taking quick
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UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg meets Arun Jaitley, discusses retro tax issue
Aug 25, 2014, 05:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and discussed various matters of mutual interest, including the retrospective tax amendment issue. Jaitley, according to sources, explained the government's position
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Govt taking steps to professionalise PSU bank management: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Aug 21, 2014, 08:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Concerned over instances of corruption in the PSU banks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that government is taking steps to professionalise the management and help them strengthen their risk management system. “Professionalising
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FM Arun Jaitley for rationalising subsidies
Aug 16, 2014, 07:16 PM ISTMumbai: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the ballooning subsidy bill needs to be lowered by rationalising the dole-outs.Stating the government should not be doling out pre-poll populist measures that increases the subsidy bill, Jaitley
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PM holds meet with Sushma, Jaitley ahead of Kerry visit
India | Jul 29, 2014, 09:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a meeting with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss various
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Rajnath Singh holds high-level meet on civil services exam row
India | Jul 27, 2014, 06:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid protests from civil services aspirants against the new exam pattern, the government today convened a high-level meeting to resolve the issue. The meeting was chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and attended
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NDA is not high-tax govt: Jaitley
Jul 27, 2014, 09:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: Asserting that the new dispensation is not a high-tax government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that lower taxes and duties were aimed at improving savings for investment and making manufacturing competitive to
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India making all efforts to get Swiss banks a/c holders' list
India | Jul 18, 2014, 05:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government today said it was making all efforts to procure the list of illegal bank account holders in Switzerland and was collecting evidence in this regard.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also said in Lok
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Union Budget 2014: Top 10 "watch outs" for Delhi
India | Jul 13, 2014, 03:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the maiden budget of Narendra Modi government for the financial year 2014-14 on 10 July 2014 in the parliament. The government came out with several schemes, reforms, projects
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Snooping row: US promises to deal with it professionally
India | Jul 10, 2014, 11:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: The US tonight promised to deal “professionally” with India's “concerns” over reported snooping of BJP by American spy agency NSA.“We understand the concerns which has been raised, we will deal with them professionally,”
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Budget 2014: Govt allocates Rs 100 crore for war memorial in Delhi
India | Jul 10, 2014, 06:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government today allocated Rs 100 crore for construction of a war memorial and a war museum at Princess Park near India Gate here.Presenting his first budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the
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Budget 2014: Defence Ministry gets Rs 2.29 lakh crore
Jul 10, 2014, 02:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: As part of military modernization drive, Government today allocated Rs 2.29 lakh crore for the Defence Ministry in the Budget, marking an increase of around 12.5 per cent from the last fiscal as
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Arun Jaitley says Rail fare hike is 'UPA legacy'
National | Jul 08, 2014, 09:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley blamed the recent hike in rail fares on decisions taken under the previous UPA regime and said that the BJP-led government should be judged from what is presented tomorrow
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Arun Jaitley withdraws 'UFO' Facebook post after netizens' comments
India | Jul 02, 2014, 08:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Irked by angry reactions to his Facebook post on ‘World UFO Day' today, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley withdrew the message within hours.Jaitley, who frequently uses Facebook to post official messages and communicate with
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Arun Jaitley for fiscal prudence over mindless populism
India | Jul 01, 2014, 09:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indicating that his maiden budget next week will not indulge in ‘mindless populism', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government would take bold decisions and pursue path of fiscal prudence to revive
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No information from Switzerland on black money: Arun Jaitley
India | Jun 23, 2014, 04:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: Seeking to expedite information sharing from the European nation, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the government will write to Switzerland seeking details of Indians having unaccounted money in Swiss banks.The minister's
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Budget session to begin after PM's Japan visit
India | Jun 18, 2014, 12:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Budget session of 16th Lok Sabha is scheduled to commence from 7 July and will end on 25 August 2014. According to the India TV's exclusive report, the session will begin after
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Arun Jaitley asks the states to crack down on hoarders
India | Jun 18, 2014, 12:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: With prices of essential food items shooting up, the Centre today unveiled measures to tame inflation by asking state governments to crack down on hoarders and delist items such as onions and potato