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  Foreign investors, govts very keen to do business with India: Arun Jaitley

  National | January 23, 2015 7:53 IST

  Davos: Meeting top global CEOs across the sectors and government leaders, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said they all are very enthusiastic about India and want to expand their engagements with the country.  Jaitley, who

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  Sentiments to convert into investments soon: Arun Jaitley

  National | January 22, 2015 12:14 IST

  Davos:  India is back in the reckoning at the global centre-stage and the huge build-up in positive sentiments among investors should soon start converting into real investment flows on the ground, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

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  Kerala: Finance minister K M Mani took 5 Cr bribe, claims a new audio

  National | January 21, 2015 18:15 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Finance minister K M Mani has courted a new controversy  with the leak of a new audio that contains shocking disclosures in the form of recorded conversations between prominent bar owners. The audio

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  Media censorship is impossible, says Jaitley

  January 15, 2015 17:14 IST

  New Delhi: Censorship of information in the present age is “an impossibility”, Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley said today but observed that aberrations like ‘paid news' are likely to creep in when news organisations

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  Arun Jaitley promises more autonomy to PSU banks

  January 03, 2015 15:45 IST

  New Delhi:  India needs to "conceive" several reforms in the banking sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters on Saturday on the sidelines of a two-day banking retreat.Jaitley added that there is a need to

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  Amenities will be improved in newly regularised colonies: Arun Jaitley

  National | January 02, 2015 13:19 IST

  New Delhi: The government's decision to regularise unauthorised colonies in the national capital has been taken to provide basic amenities in these areas on par with other developed colonies of the city, Union Minister Arun

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  Arun Jaitley meets PM Narendra Modi, discusses economic performance

  December 31, 2014 10:16 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is believed to have discussed the performance of the economy in the past seven months.The meeting comes at a time when the

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  GST bill in Lok Sabha; Arun Jaitley says interests of states taken care of

  National | December 19, 2014 18:35 IST

  New Delhi: The much-awaited GST Bill, which provides for an overhaul of the taxation system, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today with government saying concerns of all the states have been taken care of

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  Arun Jaitley close to clinching deal with states on GST rollout, suggest reports

  December 15, 2014 16:31 IST

  New Delhi: Officials in finance ministry say the Centre and the states are close to seal a deal on a nation-wide Goods and Services Tax (GST).  Direct cash transfer schemes and GST are two important

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  Debate on opening up insurance sector may end soon: Jaitley

  December 07, 2014 9:16 IST

  New Delhi: Hinting that the chances of the Insurance Bill getting approved during parliament's ongoing winter session are high, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday the debate on opening up the sector will end

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  More steps to rationalise subsidies on anvil: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

  December 06, 2014 16:55 IST

  New Delhi: Assuring India Inc of NDA's commitment to carry forward economic reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government will come out with more steps to rationalise subsidies."I had a series of meeting

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  Israeli PM fires two top ministers

  World | December 03, 2014 6:43 IST

  Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday evening, according to a statement from the prime minister's office."In the last couple of weeks, ministers Lapid

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  Finance Minister re-launches Kisan Vikas Patra ; money to double in 100 months

  November 18, 2014 10:36 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has re-launched the Kisan Vikas Patra scheme on Tuesday, hoping to lure investors away from fraudulent schemes.There won't be any upper limit on investments, the minimum denomination being Rs

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  Finance Minister promises corruption free, fair business environment

  November 05, 2014 13:04 IST

  New Delhi: Committing to more reforms and eliminating corruption, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said steps taken by the new government were aimed at creating fair and transparent business environment and ending crony capitalism.The government

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  Higher tax refunds putting pressure on fiscal deficit: Jaitley

  October 31, 2014 17:59 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said increased tax refunds in the current financial year is leading to higher fiscal deficit, which neared 83 per cent of full year target in the April-September period.“Higher

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  Jaitley has lost 17 kgs after surgery for diabetes management

  India | September 23, 2014 15:08 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has lost 17 kgs in the last three weeks after he underwent gastric bypass surgery for diabetes management. 61-year-old Jaitley, who has been readmitted in a hospital here for a

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  Finance Ministry releases advance installment of Rs 856.29 crore to J&K

  India | September 13, 2014 9:20 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Ministry said it has released in advance the installment worth Rs 856.29 crore in October to Jammu and Kashmir to help the state government deal with the unprecedented situation of flood and

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  Jaitley announces some concessions, tax on MF applied from July 10

  July 25, 2014 19:25 IST

  New Delhi: The government today announced some concessions for mutual fund industry and income tax payers, while comitting to low tax regime to promote industrial activity to generate jobs and create more resources to undertake

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  India won't resort to burden of retrospective tax: Jaitley

  July 18, 2014 16:58 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said India will not levy any tax with retrospective effect that creates additional burden and existing anomalies in this regard would be corrected. “One thing we have made very

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  Vasundhara Raje to present annual budget on Jul 14

  National | July 11, 2014 16:54 IST

  Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje who is also the Finance Minister will present the annual budget of the state for the fiscal year 2014-15 on July 14.  The ruling BJP government decided it at