Arun Jaitley

Finance

23 January, 2018

Budget 2018: Tax tweaks, steps to boost fund flow on PE/VC industry's wish list

Tax reform, measures to bring offshore pool onshore and steps to enhance capital formation are the key demands of the ......

Finance

22 January, 2018

Budget 2018: Infra spends may spur capex, but FM Jaitley must woo private sector

Capital expenditure is key to any budgetary exercise. After all, the quantum of capex spent, both by the government, as ......

Finance

17 January, 2018

Budget 2018: Fiscal slippage, spectre of inflation loom large on economy

Finance minister Arun Jaitley will be presenting India’s first post-GST Budget – his fifth and the current dispensation’s last full ......

Finance

30 November, 2017

Govt aims to follow fiscal glide path, says finance minister Arun Jaitley

India intends to follow the glide path as far as the fiscal deficit is concerned, the finance minister, who is ......

Finance

01 November, 2017

Finance minister Arun Jaitley to head panel to oversee state bank consolidation

India has set up a panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to evaluate proposals for mergers among state-run banks, ......

Economy

31 August, 2017

GDP growth hits three-year low of 5.7% in April-June

India’s economy unexpectedly slowed further to a three-year low in the quarter through June, delivering a blow to Prime Minister ......

Markets

04 August, 2017

Govt sets up new exchange-traded fund to sell stakes in state-run firms

India has set up a new exchange-traded fund to sell government stakes in 22 state-run and private firms under its ......

Infrastructure

28 June, 2017

Cabinet approves proposal to sell govt stake in Air India

India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to sell the government's stake in state-owned airline Air India, Finance Minister Arun ......

Manufacturing

20 April, 2017

Govt mops up $186 mn from Nalco stake sale

The government raised Rs 1,200 crore ($186 million) by selling a 9.2% stake in state-run National Aluminium Co (Nalco), in ......

Manufacturing

19 April, 2017

Govt kicks off FY18 disinvestment process with $200 mn Nalco stake sale

The government is selling a stake of up to 10% in state-run National Aluminium Company (Nalco) to raise as much ......