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
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is undergoing a kidney transplant operation at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) today, sources at the hospital said. Jaitley, 65, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday and taken to the operation theatre at 8 am today, the sources said. The minister, suffering from a kidney ailment, has been undergoing dialysis for the last one month. According to sources, nephrologist Dr Sandeep Guleria from Apollo Hospital, also the brother of AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, who is a family friend, is part of the team performing the transplant. The minister, who cancelled his scheduled visit to London for the 10th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue next week, had confirmed his illness in a tweet on April 6. "I am being treated for kidney related problems & certain infections that I have contracted," he had tweeted. Jaitley did not elaborate but said he was "currently working from controlled environment at home". "The future course
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
Beside Jaitley, BJP's Ananth Kumar, Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad and several other senior leaders were present
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is undergoing treatment for kidney ailment, will take oath tomorrow for his new six years term in the Rajya Sabha. The 65-year old Jaitley elected recently from Uttar Pradesh will take oath at special ceremony due to his health condition. The ceremony will take place in the chambers of Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu at 11 am, sources said. Jaitley was on April 3 once again appointed as the Leader of the Upper House following his re-election. He has not been going to his North Block office since April 2. On April 9, he underwent dialysis at AIIMS here and has been confined to a controlled environment' at home. He had cancelled his scheduled foreign visits and had confirmed his illness in a tweet. I am being treated for kidney related problems & certain infections that I have contracted, he had tweeted. Jaitley, however, had not elaborated on the ailment, but said he was currently working from controlled environment at home. The future ..
Two officials have confirmed that, subject to a go-ahead from the doctors, Arun Jaitley could be back in office
The finance ministers from the states met to discuss their concerns over the Terms of Reference of the 15th Finance Commission
Tests are being done on him and the donor, whose identity is a secret
Jaitley is suffering from a kidney ailment and has not been attending office since Monday
Given Jaitley's physical absence from finance ministry, Pon Radhakrishnan and Shiv Pratap Shukla will run the show
A medical report is due on Friday, one of the Finance Ministry officials said
Said fiscal situation would be comfortable next financial year and there were no concerns about slippages from deficit targets
The court has fixed the matter for February 12 before Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw for Jaitley's further cross- examination