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Arun Jaitley promises Andhra Pradesh political parties central assistance

Opposition parties accused Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu of "muzzling" their voice

Procedural fairness important in public procurement, award of contracts: FM

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

MSMEs get a boost: Jaitley launches India's first sentiment index CriSidEx

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

Mr Jaitley: A pragmatist, not a fiscal hawk

If the situation demands, FM Jaitley won't hesitate to revise the fiscal consolidation road map yet again

Even minor fiscal slippage by Centre now invited criticism: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley takes on UPA for widening fiscal deficit

Open to suggestions on Aadhaar: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said the Aadhaar Act, which gave legal backing to the programme in 2016, had substantial provisions to ensure privacy

At Ficci, Arun Jaitley urges greater thrust to MSME sector, infra creation

Jaitley opined that while in 1991, economic reforms had been taken out of compulsion, structural change in 2017 has been done out of conviction

Jaitley says India will have world class infra in 20 years

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.

Pardoning first time stone pelters a policy tweak to ensure normalcy: FM

Jaitley said the government, through its interlocutor, intended to engage all those interested in talks to resolve the Kashmir issue.

Congress too rescheduled Parliament sessions: Jaitley

His comment came as Congress chief Sonia Gandhi accused PM Modi of delaying the Winter Session of Parliament on 'flimsy grounds'

Indian economy recovering from 'temporary blip', says Arun Jaitley

Bottoming out of the economy is complete and now it should start moving upwards and the global economy is also moving up, says Jaitley

Arun Jaitley to visit Singapore; meet foreign investors, PM Lee Hsien Loong

Jaitley will also visit the Singapore Expo and deliver the keynote address at the Singapore Fintech Festival

More capital to PSBs will push credit to MSME sector: Arun Jaitley

'Third engine' of private investment must be fired up to propel growth and create jobs

Can't let shadow economy be larger than real economy, says FM Jaitley

"You can't have an economy where the size of the shadow economy is much bigger than the apparent economy itself," Jaitley said.

Legitimate tax worrying Rahul Gandhi: Jaitley hits back for 'Gabbar Singh Tax' jibe

"Those habitual of 2G and coal block scams, will have objections to legitimate tax," Jaitley said in response to a question on Rahul Gandhi's jibe at GST.

Positive mood about India in US, says Arun Jaitley

Says American investors have clear understanding of the reforms that the govt is undertaking and its future potential

Arun Jaitley raises H1B issue with US officials

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations

Govt working on plan to rebuild capacity of banking sector: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley also refuted the notion that private sector is not expanding

Panic over retail inflation numbers unjustified: Arun Jaitley

Says the NDA govt has better track record than previous ones in containing price rise

Govt addressing economic challenges: Arun Jaitley

He acknowleded 'small dip' in the country's growth rate