Former finance minister Arun Jaitley breathed his last on August 24, 2019. He was 66. Jaitley had been undergoing treatment at the AIIMS for several weeks. In the Vajpayee government (1998–2004), he held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice. Since 1991, he has been a member of the national executive of BJP and became the spokesperson of the saffron party during the period preceding the 1999 Lok Sabha election. From 2009 to 2014 he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He is also a senior advocate in the Supreme Court. Since 1987, he has been practicing law before the Supreme Court of India and several High Courts in the country. Early life: In 1973, Arun Jaitley graduated with a honours degree in commerce, BCom from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi. In 1977, he passed his LLB degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. At the Delhi University, Jaitley was an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) student leader and in 1974, rose to be the President of the Students Union of Delhi University. He was under preventive detention for a period of 19 months during the period of proclamation of Internal Emergency (1975–77). After getting out of jail, he joined the Jan Sangh.
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New Delhi: Representatives of bank employees headed by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for early settlement of wage revision negotiations.Javadekar said the Finance Minister assured the delegation that he
New Delhi: Accusing the NDA government of misleading the public on the issue of black money, Congress today rejected Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's charge that a treaty signed with Germany by the Congress government in
New Delhi: The government's Rs 43,425 crore disinvestment programme is on track and a schedule for sale of stake in state-owned firms will be announced shortly, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said."The process (of disinvestment) is
New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley Friday described Pakistan as a "global puzzle" and complimented the security forces for appropriate response to the recent ceasefire violations along the border in Jammu and Kashmir.Jaitley told a
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met the three service chiefs at South Block.Modi is slated to address top military commanders at around 11am today.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the country's top
New Delhi: Attributing the fall in inflation to initiatives taken by the government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley exuded confidence that the country is on the way to achieve a low and stable price regime."It is
New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley demanding special status for the newly carved out state.Briefing reporters after the meeting, senior TRS leader and party deputy floor
New Delhi: Responding to the strong statement made by India over the continuous mortar shelling and ceasefire violation, Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that his country is capable of responding "befittingly" to Indian
Islamabad: Pakistan today warned India that it is fully capable of responding “befittingly” to any aggression against it and that it must act in a responsible manner in the wake of escalating tension on the
New Delhi: Pakistan must stop "this unprovoked firing and shelling" on the frontier in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said today. Jaitley warned Pakistan that India will make the cost of this adventurism
Jammu: In escalating ceasefire violations that continued tonight, Pakistani troops targeted over 40 Border Out Posts and 25 border hamlets with heavy mortar shells in Jammu sector and LoC areas in Poonch district, leaving 12
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of ceasefire violations along the border with Pakistan, the three service chiefs today met Defence Minister Arun Jaitley. The army, air force and navy chiefs are understood to have discussed
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assets worth Rs 1.26 crore while Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stands out as the richest minister with assets totalling Rs 72.10 crore.Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on Monday discharged from AIIMS and he went straight to his new official residence on Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi.61-year-old Jaitley, who holds additional charge of Defence
New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today deplored the ceasefire violations by Pakistan and said the Indian armed forces were “fully ready” and are responding to each of these provocations from across the border. He
Jammu: The nationwide cleanliness drive launched today is aimed at creating awareness among the people of the country so that they inculcate a habit of keeping their surrounding clean, Union Minister of State for Science
New Delhi: The cabinet decision to defer an increase in natural gas price till mid-November has been taken in view of next month's assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Thursday."It
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has lost 17 kgs in the last three weeks after he underwent gastric bypass surgery for diabetes management. 61-year-old Jaitley, who has been readmitted in a hospital here for a
New Delhi: Taxpayers will now be able to perform their income tax-related tasks like filing returns or applying for a PAN card from an enhanced single website to be launched by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been re-admitted to hospital for a post surgery check-up, his doctor said today.Jaitley, who had undergone a surgery to control diabetes earlier this month, was admitted last evening
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