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We are committed to agenda of governance in J&K: Jaitley

The Finance Minister was speaking at the Bharatiya Janata Party's national executive meet on Sunday

Educate people instead of carrying 'propaganda': Jaitley to community radio stations

Union Minister Arun Jaitley also said that there should be a significant growth and connectivity as far as community radio is concerned

Difficult to accept Congress' demand to cap GST rate: FM Arun Jaitley

The Congress had asked to cap the rate of GST at less than 20%

All commitments to Andhra Pradesh will be fulfilled: Arun Jaitley

'Each paisa or rupee of this revenue deficit is being paid to Andhra Pradesh. We will continue to pay that.' Jaitley said

Jaitley hopeful on legislative agenda

The three-day event features Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan and other dignitaries

A 'culturally unsuitable' tax

Re-impose inheritance tax if you want to ensure an additional revenue stream. Many "foreign-educated economists" had given Finance Minister Arun Jaitley this piece of advice, as he acknowledged at a recent meeting. But he did not pay heed to it in all the three Budgets he presented as finance minister. Why? Because the proposed tax was not culturally suitable for India, said Jaitley. "In India, children take care of their parents when they are old and in turn, the parents leave their assets for them, unlike in some countries where children meet their parents once a year on Mother's Day or Father's Day," he explained.

NPAs a challenge, not crisis: Arun Jaitley

Blames steel industry, state power companies for bad debts of public sector banks

India in agrarian crisis, NDA has curbed inflation: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said that the import of cheap steel from China was hurting Indian manufacturers

Economic growth improving in India: Jaitley

The growth rate increased from 6.6 per cent in 2013-14 per cent to 7.2 per cent in 2014-15

Victory for BJP in Kanhaiya's speech, says Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said that Kanhaiya went to jail for raising anti-India slogans but came back amid slogans of 'Jai Hind'

'How much Rahul knows, when will he know': Jaitley's jibe at Rahul Gandhi

He was reacting to Gandhi's claim that Swaraj was not consulted on Pakistan policy, Jaitley did not know of Budget proposals

Govt can exceed growth target with less obstructions: Jaitley

The minister also said he had hoped the 'rain gods would be kinder this year' compared with previous monsoons

No holy cows to protect, says Jaitley on Aircel-Maxis

Denying that there was any political vendetta involved in the probe, the FM refused to divulge more details about the case

The 10 laws that Jaitley wants to change

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had on Monday proposed to bring in new legislation and change some laws. Here is a look at the 10 major changes he had proposed in the Budget

India needs to sustain growth amid global slowdown: Arun Jaitley

The government has targeted reducing the fiscal deficit to 3.9% of GDP in the current financial year

Budget 2016-17, a hope for better days

ArrayNew Delhi, Feb.29 (ANI): Budget proposals for fiscal 2016-17 will be announced after noon on Monday, and all eyes are on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and what he holds in store for the common man and the country as a whole.ArrayThe recently announced Economic Survey has indicated positive forward movement and there is an expectation in the general public that some of its key and populist features will be reflected in Budget 2016-17ArrayThe NDA government will be completing two years in office in May this year, which is pretty much close to the half-way stage electorally, and therefore in that light, Budget 2016-17 has to be seen as crucial for its leaders.ArrayAccording to some experts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself scrutinized the smaller details of the budget and issued implementable recommendations to the finance ministry.ArrayBudget 2016-17 is being introduced at a time when the government is being repeatedly cornered and criticised by the opposition and other ...

Important for scribes, politicians to know facts: Arun Jaitley

At the launch of the book India-2016, Jaitley said 'after reading, you would realize how much we don't know'