Page 5 - Arun Jaitley

Good economics or clever politics? Jaitley's take on Union Budget 2019

n a Facebook post a day after the Budget presentation, Jaitley said a fundamental question has always been asked as to what would one choose between good economics and clever politics.

Yashwant Sinha to Nirmala Sitharaman: Meet five finance ministers from the BJP

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had its first full term at the Centre from 1998 to 2004, with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the prime minister.

Congress should have quit after Appropriation Bill failure: Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister said Congress was reduced to minority when 35 MLAs in Assembly voted against the bill and 32 in favour

GST may become two-tier tax with merger of 12% and 18% slabs: Jaitley

Jaitley said 20 states are already showing more than a 14% increase in their revenues and do not require the centre to compensate them for revenue loss arising out of GST implementation

PM Modi meets Arun Jaitley after FM opts out of new govt

A lawyer by profession, he has been the most important leader in Modi's Cabinet and has often acted as the chief troubleshooter for the government

Don't want responsibility: Jaitley opts out of new govt citing poor health

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting that he should not be made part of the new Union Cabinet

Arun Jaitley: Reformist, political FM the NDA will now have to do without

Jaitley has never been against affirmative action-type of politics, only its fall-out - the rise of caste-based parties, which seem to have no superstructure of governance or ethics driving it

PM Modi meets Jaitley after he opts out of Cabinet citing poor health

No word on meeting's outcome; in letter to Modi, outgoing FM said he needed time to concentrate on his health

Former FM Arun Jaitley likely to move to new official residence soon

Sources said that Jaitley is yet to take a final call on his new official residence. He has his own house in the national capital's Kailash Colony

Reports of Arun Jaitley's deteriorating health false, baseless: Govt

While Arun Jaitley remained unreachable, his office said he is resting at home

Arun Jaitley holds meeting on next budget amid rumours of ill health

Officials present at the meeting said Jaitley was in good health and looked fit to join the cabinet of the NDA government's second tenure

It's time we stood up with judiciary, Jaitley on allegations against CJI

Lending shoulder to completely unverified allegations is aiding the process of destabilisation, says Arun Jaitley

Economic growth to end extreme poverty in India by 2021: Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who heads the BJP's publicity department in the election, said the number of people who live in poverty would drop to below 15% in the next three years

I-T raids on basis of evidence: Jaitley on political vendetta allegations

The Income Tax Department has carried out raids on people linked to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, a JD(S) minister in Karnataka, and a senior DMK leader in Tamil Nadu in the recent past

Electoral bonds check use of black money for polls, says Arun Jaitley

'The recent EC and IT raids have shown that it is taxpayers/govt's money, which, through PWD and other departments of govt, is being siphoned out and round-tripping into politics,' Jaitley said

Arun Jaitley to attend annual IMF-World Bank meeting in April

RBI governor, finance secy may also attend the meet

Jaitley criticises JDS, Congress for organising protest against IT searches

Led by Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy, the Cong-JDS ruling combine organised a protest in front of the Income Tax department at Bengaluru on Thursday against a statewide crackdown on his partymen and others

Three fake campaigns of 'compulsive contrarians' busted in one day: Jaitley

"A fundamental difference between truth and falsehood is that truth holds together and falsehood falls apart," said Jaitley

Modi govt consistently introduced second generation reforms: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley further said the National Front government partly rationalised direct taxes and the first NDA government took key decisions with regard to infrastructure creation and prudent fiscal management

Infra growth, clear backlog of defence buys to be priorities: Arun Jaitley

'I foresee a better quality of life in urban slums, rural India', said Jaitley