Arun Jaitley

Editor's Desk: The worst fears are coming true for the BJP. Some intellectuals had predicted a few months ago that Narendra Modi won't face any strong challenge from the Opposition, but from his own partymen. Many within the BJP, Government…

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will leave here on Tuesday on a 10-day US visit during which he will meet US Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and US industry leaders. An official source here…

In a meeting with heads of commercial banks here on Friday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday asked banks which have not passed on to borrowers the interest rate cuts made by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) this year to do so over the…

New Delhi, June 4 (IANS): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that the forecast of deficit rain during the monsoon this year would not have any significant impact on food production owing to geographical distribution of the…

New Delhi, June 2 (IANS): After inaugurating a newly-minted facility to make special paper for currency notes at Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh a day before, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday pushed for greater use of plastic money.…

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the one rank one pension (OROP) concept was "an unambiguous commitment" of the government. Addressing a press conference held to mark one year of the Narendra Modi…

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday the approach to governance in India has seen a complete transformation in the past year, not just with decisiveness but also in terms of speed, clarity and transparency,…

New Delhi, May 21 (IANS): With the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy review due on June 2, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that inflation will not be a significant challenge though a below-average monsoon could possibly impact…

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS): The currently levied education cess and secondary and higher education cess would become ineffective from June 1 as they would be subsumed in the service tax rate of 14 percent notified by the Central Board of…

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS): In another initiative to fight the menace of black money in the country, the union cabinet on Wednesday approved the introduction of a bill to amend the law that prohibits benami transactions thereby making the…