Beside Jaitley, BJP's Ananth Kumar, Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad and several other senior leaders were present
The ceremony will take place in the chambers of Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu
Two officials have confirmed that, subject to a go-ahead from the doctors, Arun Jaitley could be back in office
The finance ministers from the states met to discuss their concerns over the Terms of Reference of the 15th Finance Commission
Tests are being done on him and the donor, whose identity is a secret
Jaitley is suffering from a kidney ailment and has not been attending office since Monday
Given Jaitley's physical absence from finance ministry, Pon Radhakrishnan and Shiv Pratap Shukla will run the show
A medical report is due on Friday, one of the Finance Ministry officials said
Said fiscal situation would be comfortable next financial year and there were no concerns about slippages from deficit targets
The court has fixed the matter for February 12 before Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw for Jaitley's further cross- examination
Opposition parties accused Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu of "muzzling" their voice
He said when it comes to matters of procurement, awarding contracts, and even public-private contracts, there has to be procedural fairness that the governments have to follow
CriSidEx will have two indices, one for the survey quarter and another for the next quarter once a trend emerges after few rounds of the survey
If the situation demands, FM Jaitley won't hesitate to revise the fiscal consolidation road map yet again
Jaitley takes on UPA for widening fiscal deficit
Jaitley said the Aadhaar Act, which gave legal backing to the programme in 2016, had substantial provisions to ensure privacy
Jaitley opined that while in 1991, economic reforms had been taken out of compulsion, structural change in 2017 has been done out of conviction
In the next two decades, hopefully, India will be able to say that it has developed infrastructure, which is as good as anywhere in the world, Jaitley said.
Jaitley said the government, through its interlocutor, intended to engage all those interested in talks to resolve the Kashmir issue.
His comment came as Congress chief Sonia Gandhi accused PM Modi of delaying the Winter Session of Parliament on 'flimsy grounds'