Arun Jaitley
Finance
Arun Jaitley resumes charge of finance ministry
Arun Jaitley has resumed charge of the finance and corporate affairs ministry on Friday, a government statement said, after a ......
Economy
Budget 2019: Highlights
Acting finance minister Piyush Goyal on Friday presented the interim budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, which begins in April. ......
Economy
Ahead of polls, does Modi govt have room to offer sops to large firms, investors?
In February 2015, finance minister Arun Jaitley had said in the second budget of the Narendra Modi government that the ......
Economy
Piyush Goyal to present budget as finance minister Arun Jaitley faces surgery
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will not present the government’s crucial interim budget next week because he is expected to undergo ......
Finance
Govt may aim to raise $11 bn from divestment in FY20
The Indian government is likely to seek to raise about 800 billion rupees ($11.21 billion) through the sale of state-owned ......
Economy
Govt doubles GST exemption limit for small businesses
The government announced a change in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rules on Thursday that would exempt an additional ......
Economy
RBI open to injecting liquidity, may pay up to $5.8 bn interim dividend to govt
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is open to infusing “need-based” liquidity into the financial system, Governor Shaktikanta Das said ......
Economy
Banks likely to recover bad loans worth $10 bn by March-end: Finance minister
Indian banks are likely to recover Rs 70,000 crore ($9.95 billion) of bad loans by the end of March, helped ......
Economy
India's April-November fiscal deficit touches 115% of budget target
India’s April-November fiscal deficit stood at Rs 7.17 trillion ($101.93 billion), or 114.8% of the budgeted target for the current ......
Economy
GST to move towards a single rate, says finance minister Arun Jaitley
India is working towards a single national sales tax rate which could be a mid-point between 12 and 18 percent, ......