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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Modi was to meet Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian and other top officials in the finance ministry this evening to analyse the economic situation
Jaitley also said that some political parties might think that being centered around dynasty is an asset, but in the long run, it becomes a burden.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other senior officials on Tuesday to discuss the state of economy and possible measures to boost the growth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday interact with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other top officials to take stock of the economic situation.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday termed the Congress scion's latest observation on dynasty politics in India a "national disgrace"
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Jaitleysaid that recovery of money from these "big people" has become a "big challenge"
West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said that no registration would be required for artisans having up to Rs 20 lakh turnover.
The highest pre-GST tax incidence on motor vehicles worked out to about 52-54.72 per cent, to which 2.5 per cent was added on account of Central Sales Tax and octroi.
Elevated to the rank of Cabinet minister in Sunday’s major rejig of the Narendra Modi Cabinet, Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday took charge as India’s first full-fledged woman Defence Minister
Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta directed Kejriwal to deposit Rs 5,000 in the 'Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties'
Sitharaman became the second woman to head the Defence Ministry after Indira Gandhi when she was Prime Minister. The Defence Ministry was with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Meanwhile, Jaitley will represent India in a bilateral dialogue on defence in Japan. Sitharaman will take charge of her office after Jaitley returns from Japan.
Arun Jaitley said that there is a need to revise the laws with respect to public servants, whether working in banks, government, or any public sphere.
Delivering a memorial lecture here, Arun Jaitley said, "On the question of political funding the entire apparatus has failed. Law says something, what happens is something else."
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the fallout of demonetisation was on predicted lines and the economy will benefit in medium and long term
According to RBI, of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore of notes taken out of circulation by the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in Nov 2016, Rs 15.28 lakh crore had returned to the system.
Using the new bankruptcy law, the central bank has prodded banks to initiate insolvency proceedings against 12 large corporate defaulter to resolve Rs 2 lakh crore or almost a fourth of the country's bad debt.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley defended the demonetisation drive saying the primary objective of the move was never "confiscation of money".
The Indian Army is the third largest military in the world with over 38,000 officers and more than 11.38 lakh jawans.
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