Arun Jaitley

Finance

15 February, 2019

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

01 February, 2019

Budget 2019: Highlights

Acting finance minister Piyush Goyal on Friday presented the interim budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, which begins in April. ......

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Economy

25 January, 2019

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

24 January, 2019

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

23 January, 2019

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

10 January, 2019

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

07 January, 2019

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

03 January, 2019

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

27 December, 2018

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

24 December, 2018

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, ......