Arun Jaitley

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02 September, 2015

Govt ends call for MAT on retrospective capital gains

In a major relief to foreign portfolio investors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government has decided not ......

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14 August, 2015

Government launches plan to revamp public sector banks

As a measure to provide more strength to the banking system, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a plan to revamp ......

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31 July, 2015

Government seeks Parliament nod for $4B additional spending

The Indian Finance Ministry on Friday sought Parliament's nod to spend an additional Rs 25,500 crore in the current fiscal, ......

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27 July, 2015

Don't fear knee-jerk reaction on P-Note: Arun Jaitley

Seeking to calm panic-stricken investors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said they need not fear any "knee-jerk" reaction from the ......

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16 July, 2015

Government simplifies foreign investment rules with composite FII, FDI cap

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has introduced a concept to simplify foreign investment norms by clubbing all investments as ......

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19 June, 2015

Retrospective decisions creating liabilities: FM

Allying concerns of American business community and investors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that any decision which is retrospective ......

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19 June, 2015

Government moots gold bond scheme to keep demand in check

With a view to curbing demand for physical gold, the government today proposed to issue sovereign gold bonds, which may ......

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04 June, 2015

Finance Minister downplays drought fears

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today sought to allay fears over predictions of deficient monsoon saying conclusions on that basis either ......

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25 May, 2015

FM lists governance, fiscal management & growth as key achievements of first year

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley highlighted quicker decision making, transparency in governance, acceleration in economic growth, record disinvestment receipts among the ......

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20 May, 2015

Service tax rate hike to 14% to be effective from June 1

The new service tax rate of 14 per cent will come into effect from June 1, the government said in ......