Arun Jaitley

New Delhi, Aug 19: With the government contemplating a special session of parliament over the GST Bill, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said the economic measure cannot be passed without his party's support and sought four…

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rejected all allegations made by the Congress and gave a point by point rebuttal to the charges. Jaitley made solid defence to prove that the UPA Government did not build a strong case against Lalit Modi.…

New Delhi, Aug 10: Stepping up its offensive, the Congress on Monday continued its vociferous protests in and outside parliament and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "very close" to former IPL chief Lalit Modi. The Samajwadi Party,…

New Delhi, Aug 5: Assuring parliament that no state would be shortchanged in the federal distribution of finances, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday assured states with special problems that their interests would be fully…

FirstPost's Editor-in-Chief, R Jagannathan had written an article about Arun Jaitley's performance as the Finance Minister entitled, 'Modi May Have To Rethink Arun Jaitley As Finance Minister'. The article has been removed from FirstPost…

New Delhi, Aug 2: To secure India's energy economy against supply and price fluctuations globally, an additional funding of over Rs.1,150 crore is being provided for the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd.(ISPRL). Through…

New Delhi, July 31: The government on Friday presented to parliament a supplementary demand for grants to provide for Rs.12,000 crore towards recapitalization of public sector banks.(PSBs). Finance Minister Arun Jaitley plans to provide…

New Delhi, July 31:  In its crackdown on corporate fraud and chit fund scams, the government has, during the last three years and current year, ordered investigations of 145 companies allegedly involved in illegal deposit taking, parliament…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the government will -- after receiving comments from stakeholders -- decide on the draft Indian Financial Code, which proposes to remove the RBI governor's veto right in the monetary…

The government remains committed to roll out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April next year, a senior official said on Friday. "The GST Council would be constituted after the enactment of the constitution amendment bill which is…