Tag: Arun Jaitley

New Delhi: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at his residence in New Delhi today. Patnaik put forth a series of demands before the Union Minister. He urged Jaitley to provide Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation from 2012-13 till current fiscal. Besides, he sought Rs 566 crore compensation from Centre towards […]

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Centre will bear all expenses towards construction of the Polavaram project on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi: Parliamentarians of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) opposed the Centre’s financial assistance for the contentious Polavaram irrigation project being built on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh .in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to a query during question hour, Finance minister Arun Jaitlety said that the national project will get the required financial assistance for […]

Congress state leaders on Monday reacted to the Union Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha by saying the budget will benefit the rich people and corporate houses

A day before the presentation of Union Budget for 2016-17 fiscal by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the Lok Sabha, political leaders of Odisha hope that the budget will have more allocations for the agriculture sector as well as farmers

New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday hailed the Modi government for the extradition of AgustaWestland chopper deal case co-accused Rajiv Saxena and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, saying the government has introduced a culture of honesty in governance and no one who cheats India can hide anywhere in the world and escape. In a […]

New Delhi: Citing Union Minister Arun Jaitley’s criticism, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday hit out at the CBI for its “indiscriminate targeting” of “distinguished” IAS officers and others in cases involving “small sums of money” and said the government was in “deep slumber” when it was being done. “CBI has received the ultimate […]

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was on Wednesday given charge of Finance Ministry in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who is in the US for medical treatment, apparently ruling out his recuperation in time for the interim budget to be presented on February 1. Goyal will hold the portfolios of Finance and […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who left for the US for medical treatment, has been diagnosed with a rare kind of cancer and may not be able to present this years Interim Budget on February 1, sources said. Jaitley had left for the US on Sunday for what was believed to be a medical […]

New Delhi: Accusing the opposition parties of creating a false narrative based on lies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said it was the BJP which will decide the agenda and control the narrative of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls through Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s performance over the last five years. […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday rejected criticism that the 10 per cent reservation for the poor among the upper castes in jobs and education will breach the 50 per cent cap set by the Supreme Court, saying that the limit was specific to quota for the SCs/STs and socially and educationally backward […]

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said the Supreme Court verdict on CBI Director Alok Verma’s reinstatement was not a “setback” to it and it will comply with the order asking it to convene a meeting of the special committee within a week to look at the issue afresh. Talking to reporters, Finance Minister Arun […]

Amaravati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had given a “detailed response” to the “lies” on the Rafale deal in Parliament and had placed facts before the people. Modi was speaking to BJP workers from Anantapuramu, Kadapa, Kurnool, Narsaraopet and Tirupati Lok Sabha constituencies via video-conference. […]

New Delhi: Crediting a “decisive” Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the evolution of the Aadhaar as a “game changer”, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said Unique Identity Number (UID) has helped the government save around Rs 90,000 crore in the last few years by eliminating several duplicate and fake beneficiaries. Two days after […]

New Delhi: A day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interview as “staged” saying it was conducted by a “pliable journalist”, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley called Gandhi “the Grandson of the ‘Emergency dictator’.” “The Grandson of the ‘Emergency dictator’ displays his real DNA – attacks and intimidates an independent Editor,” […]