The Finance Minister asserted that no rules were bypassed and the Cabinet Committee on Security's approval was taken for the deal
Jaitley added that bankers cannot be punished for honest decisions taken with commercial prudence that turned out to be erroneous or commercially unsuccessful with the passage of time
Urging people to read the reports, he said the system has been substantially cleaned up and made more transparent
Piyush Goyal, who was the caretaker Finance Minister in Jaitley's absence, will continue as Railways and Coal Minister
"India's foreign exchange reserves are comfortable by global standards, and sufficient to mitigate any undue volatility in the foreign exchange market", says Jaitely
Members of Parliament cutting across party lines welcomed him back in the House by thumping their desks
Jaitley has been active on social media for the last few weeks, from taking on Opposition parties to writing on issues, including cuts to the goods and services tax rates
Stating that Rahul Gandhi missed a great opportunity, Jaitley said "if this was his best argument for 2019, God help his party".
Arun Jaitley says that the recent developments in Karnataka were a consequence of a non-ideological opportunistic alliance with no positive agenda
A latest World Bank report has said that the Indian economy has become world's sixth-biggest economy
During the three months since April, Jaitley has kept himself busy writing blogs on issues ranging from GST to terrorism
Jaitley wrote against Indira Gandhi's Emergency rule in a Facebook post, the first part of the three-part series titled 'The Emergency revisited'
Union Minister Arun Jaitley said the policy that should be followed in Kashmir has to be to protect the ordinary citizens of the Valley
FM takes stock of work done in his absence, discusses various economic and policy issues with senior FinMin staff
During the period of Jaitley's indisposition, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of the finance ministry
Sources close to Jaitley say that he is recovering well and has started walking in his hospital room at the All India Insititute of Medical Sciences
In a blog post, FM says Modi govt has provided 'scam-free' governance in the past four years, country has moved from being a part of fragile five' to a "bright spot" on the global stage
The minister, suffering from a kidney ailment, has been undergoing dialysis for the last one month
Pushing the issue below the carpet for political or other reasons may lead to dire consequences
For the past one week, a lot of cleaning and repairing work has been on at Jaitley's office