Tag: Arun Jaitley

New Delhi: The historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime today came a step closer to meet its July 1 target of rollout, with the Lok Sabha approving four supplementary legislations. The Central GST Bill, 2017; The Integrated GST Bill, 2017; The GST (Compensation to States) Bill, 2017; and The Union Territory GST Bill, 2017 were […]

New Delhi:  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today termed the BJP’s big win in state polls as people’s endorsement of demonetisation and asserted that it was seen as pro-poor, reformist and the sole defender of the nationalist constituency in the country. He also slammed the Congress for its “historic” blunders including opposing demonetisation and identifying with […]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and top industrialists Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla and Adani Group chief Gautam Adani will be among key participants in the ‘Make in Odisha’ Conclave due to start on November 30 here. Besides, SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya, Larsen & Toubro Chairman A M Naik, ITC COO Sanjiv Puri, […]

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha today approved a bill to amend the Companies Act with an aim of promoting ease of doing business with as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying the law will be reviewed further by an expert committee to be set up shortly to see where the “shoe pinches”. As many as 16 amendments […]

Union Minister Arun Jaitley today sought a review of environmental projects granted clearance or rejected permission during the UPA regime after former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan accused Rahul Gandhi of interference in green clearances for projects

Assuring India Inc of NDA's commitment to carry forward economic reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the government will come out with more steps to rationalise subsidies

A reduction of the scope of subsidies currently being provided to well-off people appears to be on the anvil with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley questioning the justification of "unquantified" subsidy amounts to "unidentifiable" sections

The proposed changes in securities market laws will further strengthen SEBI to deal with ponzi schemes while providing safeguards to ensure the powers are not misused, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday 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 on Tuesday as part of its railway budget

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the Centre would sort out compensation issues with states to ensure early roll-out of Goods and Service Tax, a new indirect tax regime that will subsume various levies

Describing the RBI's status quo policy as a calibrated approach to strike a balance between growth and inflation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government on its part will address the problem of price rise by improving supplies

Keen to push the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday expressed desire to hold an early meeting with the state finance ministers

New Delhi: Allegations against External Affairs Minster Sushma Swaraj on the Lalit Modi issue are “baseless” and the government has a “collective responsibility” for all decisions taken, Finance Minster Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday. “Our ministers are capable of taking decisions and all decisions are collective responsibility of the government,” he said at a press […]

Finance minister Arun Jaitley yesterday said that the goods and services tax (GST) will help in economic integration of the country by enabling seamless transfer of goods and services

New Delhi: The Appropriation Bill 2015-16 was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday by a voice vote with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying the Centre was keen to devolve more financial authority to the states through the budgetary process. Replying to a debate on the bill, Jaitley said that this would result in more […]