Arun Jaitley

General

12 March, 2018

Farmers' woes to PNB fraud: It's a long march for BJP to meet its promises

Two years ago, as part of the 2016-17 budget announcements, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to double farmers' income by ......

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Finance

15 February, 2018

​Peek at key regulatory measures that boosted the Indian PE/VC industry

Finance minister Arun Jaitley had little to offer to the alternative investment fund industry, but for a brief mention in ......

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Finance

13 February, 2018

Will macro headwinds knock India of​f​ its growth path?

Calendar 2017 was a year of contradictions for the Indian economy. Even as economic growth slipped in the aftermath of ......

Finance

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Highlights

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lowered the government’s fiscal deficit target for the current financial year in the annual ......

Finance

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: PE-VC funds face penalty provision; angel tax remains

Finance minister Arun Jaitley promised more measures to boost the alternative investment fund (AIF) industry on Thursday but didn’t outline ......

Infrastructure

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Housing fund, tweak in valuation rule to benefit real estate sector

Affordable housing continues to be the main focus of the government in the real estate sector, with finance minister Arun ......

TMT

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Founders of Ola, Snapdeal, MobiKwik and others share their views

Although the Budget 2018 was a decidedly populist one focused the rural economy, finance minister Arun Jaitley emphasised the importance ......

Finance

01 February, 2018

Hits and misses of Budget 2018

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lowered the government’s fiscal deficit target for the current financial year in the annual ......

TMT

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Artificial intelligence, IoT, 3D printing, 5G get a thumbs up

Niti Aayog, the main policy think tank of the government, will direct the Centre's efforts to research on new technologies ......

Finance

01 February, 2018

Budget 2018: Financing to MSMEs gets special attention

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sought to bring discipline in the medium, small and micro enterprise financing space through higher capital ......