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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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said a 7 per cent expansion in third quarter belies exaggerated claims of note ban impact on rural economy.
The Delhi High Court today rejected Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea to disclose the bank accounts and financial records of the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and family. The High Court said that Kejriwal's plea,
India takes the issue of defaulters very seriously, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said, indicating that he may raise the matter of liquor baron Vijay Mallya with his British counterpart.
Congress today accused Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for insulting the country's academia on foreign soil by his 'alliance of subversion' remark.
In an apparent reference to Beleaguered tax evader and fugitive Vijay Mallya, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that democracy is liberal enough in the UK to allow defaulters to remain here and that
Democracy in the United Kingdom is liberal enough to permit defaulters to stay here and that normal needs to be cracked, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley argued that separatists and the ultra-Left were speaking the same language in certain campuses.
Seeking bank accounts of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday has moved the High Court in the national capital. Kejriwal also sought copies of all ledgers of the
Finance Minister Arun Jatiley today said while the BJP is fast spreading its roots across the country, Congress has now become a crowd around a fading dynasty.
Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley today heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking a brave decision to demonetise high value notes from the economy.
The government on Wednesday gave a go ahead to the merger plan of State Bank of India (SBI) and its five associate banks but left out Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday credited securities market regulator SEBI for being a professional organisation which has been evolving as per the needs of the economy.
The Reserve Bank of India on Saturday said it needs to be careful on divulging the post-demonetisation deposit amount as the figure needs to be verified first and should not be just an estimate.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the contraction in industrial production in December as per the latest data is the fallout of demonetisation.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday insisted that beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya was not given even ‘a rupee benefit’ under the Modi government.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the fiscal deficit situation is much better that what it was during the erstwhile UPA regime.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that if the opposition continues to find fault with every reform, it will not take the country anywhere.
With a view to promote digital transactions, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is working to reduce the Marginal Discount Charges (MDR) for debit card transactions above Rs 2,000, Parliament was told on Tuesday.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today moved the ‘demonetisation’ bill in the Lok Sabha to formally make the banning of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes a law.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget for 2017-18 proposed to merge some of the 13 state oil firms to create an integrated public sector oil major.
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