Taking a dig at Congress, he said those who are supporting JNU protests today were the ones who supported emergency
We do believe that 7.5% rate can be improved upon... And govt is concentrating on several areas specially rural India: Jaitley
He said, 'GDP growth rate for current fiscal would touch 7.6% which is much less than the country's potential'
Turnbull also expressed interest in cooperating with India in renewable energy sector where Australia has expertise
Adani CEO Jeyakumar Janakraj said the Adani issue was not on the agenda of Jaitley's visit
On goods & services tax bill he Said left to myself, I will continue to persuade the Congress even though the numbers are in our favour
The Finance Minister also said that the govt has opened various sectors for FDI including railways and defence among others
He said India needs a lot of Foreign Direct Investment, especially in manufacturing and infrastructure sectors
The I&B minister was responding to a question about how govt perceives the coverage it is receiving in the media.
Finance Minister to address students at the SP Jain School of Global Management on Reimaging Indian economy
He said it is a strange situation where talking about breaking the country is called freedom of expression
He said Congress is fast eroding which has led to frustration in its leadership
Meet would cover a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, technology, service, financial and superannuation funds, and Jaitley will meet business leaders from the different sectors
The unions discussed problems relating to violation of bipartite settlement
The gold traders in the region withdrew the strike last week after the assurance by the govt
The farmers' premium would be 2% for Kharif food grain and oilseeds, it would be 1.5% for Rabi crops, and in the event of a crop failure, the farmers would be paid more
Finance Minister said poor rainfall this year will put the 'system to test'
The way economy is moving today, we cannot have a situation where lending rates are going down but deposit rates remain high: Arun Jaitley
This will be Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's first official engagement in Australia
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also said that the BJP meeting discussed how to streamline defence procurements to avoid corruption