Tag: Arun Jaitely

New Delhi: While continuing to bring news to all the Odia people not only in Odisha but also across the globe over the past 20 years, Odisha Television Network (OTV) has established its credibility which has led to its success, said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the 20th anniversary event of OTV held in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP, which is all set to contest ensuing panchayat elections with the anti-BJD slogan, once again landed at a cross road after another party heavyweight praised chief minister Naveen Patnaik at a public rally in Uttar Pradesh. While Addressing a public gathering, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh recently appreciated the Odisha CM […]

Bhubaneswar: The State BJP has finally come out of the ‘troubled waters’ to confirm that it will go ahead with national president Amit Shah’s criticism on Odisha government, and not with the party heavyweight and union minister Arun Jaitely’s ‘appreciation’. The leaders of the saffron party today claimed that the dilemma over ‘stark contrast’ remarks […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded Finance Minister Arun Jaitely’s resignation after accusing him of colluding with fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya “and giving him a free passage” to flee the country. Addressing the media at the Congress headquarters here, Gandhi asked why the Minister did not inform the investigating agencies about Mallya’s […]

New Delhi: The Union Budget 2018-19 presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday proposed 15 per cent higher subsidies at Rs 2.64 lakh crore on food, fertilisers and petroleum products. The subsidy for the fiscal 2018-19 on food, petroleum and fertilisers is estimated at Rs 2,64,335.65 crore in the last full budget presented by Finance […]

New Delhi: Increase in volume of digital transactions, widening of tax base and squeezed circulation of high denomination currency were the real measures of success of demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday. The success of the November 2016 note ban came under attack after the Reserve Bank of India revealed that almost 99 per […]

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely will launch Google’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based digital payment service called “Tez” on Monday. “FM Shri @arunjaitley to launch the Google Digital Payment app ‘TEZ’ on Monday, 18th September, 2017 in the national capital,” the Finance Ministry confirmed in a tweet on Saturday. The report of Google entering […]

Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday waived penalty on delayed filing of initial GST returns for the months of August and September. “To facilitate taxpayers, late fee on filing of GSTR-3B for August and September has been waived,” finance minister Arun Jaitley tweeted. He said the late fee which has been already charged to businesses will […]

New Delhi: Unfazed by the government’s rebuttal of his criticism of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on the state of the economy, including his Union Minister son Jayant, BJP veteran leader Yashwant Sinha today stuck to his guns and hoped the Centre would do some course correction. Sinha, who had yesterday launched a blistering attack on […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is considering additional measures to bolster economy that has hit a three-year low of 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal. The minister said an announcement with regard to the additional steps will be made after consulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. […]

New Delhi: Union minister Arun Jaitley today filed a fresh civil defamation suit of Rs 10 crore against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal whose lawyer allegedly used an objectionable word against him in court last week. Jaitley, who holds the twin portfolios of Finance and Defence, filed the fresh suit after Kejriwal’s counsel Ram Jethmalani […]

New Delhi: In a bid to make the east Indian Odisha state a manufacturing hub of the East, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here and invited him to the ‘Make in Odisha’ conclave to be held in Bhubaneswar for attracting entrepreneurs to invest in the state. Patnaik invited […]

Ahead of his first full fledged budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that the NDA government was against raising revenue by imposing higher taxes, instead it would want to leave more money in the hands of consumer to fuel demand and growth

Optimistic of passing the Insurance Bill in the next session of Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday hoped Congress which mooted the hike in FDI cap to 49 per cent in the sector will not oppose it

With GDP numbers showing an uptick, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the economy is turning around, investor confidence is improving and inflation is moderating as a result of the recent government decisions to relax FDI norms and push manufacturing