Arun Jaitley, the Union finance minister, played the doting father of the bride on Saturday and Sunday at the wedding of his daughter Sonali who tied the knot with businessman-lawyer Jaish Bakshi. Several other big names from the political circles, including President Pranab Mukherjee attended the reception on Sunday at Jaitley's bungalow.
The government has termed as "highly regrettable" the Budgam incident in Kashmir valley in which two civilians were killed and as many injured in Army firing and said a fair inquiry will be held and action taken against those found guilty.
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said it should be mandatory for those filing public interest litigations against the government on development projects to declare their source of funds, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned the judiciary against being influenced by "five-star activists".
The new numbers show India's economic growth rate averaged 6.7 per cent during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance regime as compared to 7.3 per cent under the present government. Previous numbers had put the average growth rate during the 10-year UPA rule at 7.75 per cent.
Jaitley said among various reforms labour laws will remain a challenge.
The council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, will meet again on December 11 and 12 to hammer out the differences.
After New York and Washington DC, Jaitley would head for California.
FinMin has already sought inputs from different central ministries for the Budget speech, which would be the last Budget of the current BJP-led NDA government before the 2019 general polls.
Jaitley said the verdict held that nobody was guilty in the case and investigation agencies would take an appropriate decision, taking facts and history into account.
He slammed those trying to stall passage of the Bill in Parliament saying they were attempting to 'stop progress of the country
The rise in govt benefits has pushed the fiscal deficit to 4.5 per cent.
Only cash deposits of over Rs 250,000 in bank accounts will be scrutinised by the tax department and in case of mismatch with I-T returns, tax plus 200 per cent penalty would be levied
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday turned 63 and was greeted on his birthday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many other leaders.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday drove over to Rahul Gandhi's 12 Tughlak Lane bungalow to personally invite the Congress vice-president to his daughter Sonali's wedding.
Arun Jaitley has clarified his custodianship of 3 ministries - finance, corporate affairs and defence.
As the BJP does soul searching for its humiliating defeat in Bihar polls, senior party leader Arun Jaitley on Monday admitted "irresponsible statements" made during elections "changed the narrative".
Experts, however, said that it is a very nominal benefit to the salaried class.
Over lunch, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley breaks down his Budget. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reports.
The 71-year-old leader from Madhya Pradesh has almost four decades of legislative experience.
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"I am an economist. He is a lawyer. How can he be better than me," Swamy, whose antagonism for Jaitley is open, said at an event in New Delhi on Saturday.
The finance minister is "reasonably confident" that when it comes to the crunch, "it would be extremely difficult even for the Congress party to take a contrarian view" on the GST Bill.
Turning tables on Congress and left thinkers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday accused them of practising "ideological intolerance" towards the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and trying to project India as an intolerant society through structured and organised propaganda.
Gandhi accusing the minister of 'lying' on HAL's capability to build the jet fighters, saying her position is untenable.
Other ministers who have presented five straight annual financial statements include Arun Jaitley, P Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, Manmohan Singh and Morarji Desai.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed civil defamation suit in the Delhi high court against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party leaders, amid a raging row over irregularities in the Delhi and District Cricket Association and allegations of corruption against him by the Delhi government.
A show cause notice has been issued to him asking him to explain his "anti-party conduct", the party said, adding that further action will depend on his reply.
"A very easy solution to suggest is tax-payers must pay because the private sector has defaulted," Jaitley said, adding that bank recapitalisation, where the government puts in more capital in public sector banks to shore up their books, effectively amounted to that. "Therefore, I think let's try and make the private sector pay for their debts or allow somebody else to step in."
Jaitley said growing at 8-10 per cent for a significant number of years will help India find an answer to poverty.
Jaitley also said the government will soon unveil reforms for other natural resources sectors along the lines of coal block auctions.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is an extremely popular leader and his views are being heard with great attention and scrutiny by a large section of Indians, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley said.
The GST bill is stuck in the Rajya Sabha where the ruling NDA govt does not have a majority as well as stiff opposition by the Congress
Goyal's move was criticised by the Opposition saying with general election months away, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had mandate only to present a vote on account and a Budget containing direct tax proposals.
Buoyed by the BJP's show in the Lok Sabha and Assembly by-polls, party leader Arun Jaitley said that there was an anti-incumbency wave against the Congress across the country.
Pakistan leadership, he said, is 'riding a tiger on this issue and tiger never spares its own rider'.
Jaitley said the cap on cash transactions is being reduced to curb generation of black money and the move to introduce electoral bonds is for cleansing the political funding
