Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has written a letter to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expressing concern over devolution to the state over the next five years as per the 14th Finance Commission recommendations,

Hong Kong: Confident about India sailing through global turmoils without much adverse impact, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the government is focussing on strengthening the country's real economy and harnessing its true growth potential

London: Days before Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan unveils his bi-monthly monetary policy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday asserted common sense says the interest rates should come down.Jaitley said inflation is "very much under

Hong Kong: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday expressed his confidence that the new goods and services tax (GST) regime will roll out from next fiscal despite the pending issues regarding direct tax."The Congress is

Hong Kong: Aiming to reap significant benefits from continuing reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said all macroeconomic parameters including fiscal deficit and inflation appear positive and hoped that GDP growth would outperform 7.3

Hong Kong:  Pitching for more foreign investments, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday India would give better returns than many other countries. He also assured the government was working to expeditiously resolve tax disputes

Hong Kong: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said monetary policy plays an important role in economic growth and hoped the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would act appropriately with a sense of responsibility in

Hong Kong: Implementation of GST is very high on the priority list of the government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said while expressing commitment to continuing reforms and containing fiscal deficit.The government is committed to

New Delhi:  Rubbishing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's claims that Bihar will get less funds from the Centre as “misconceived”, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said total transfer to the state during the next five

Hong Kong: Making a strong case for rate cut by RBI later this month, finance minister Arun Jaitley today said monetary policy plays an important role in stimulating growth and is hopeful that it will

Hong Kong: Asserting that India would give better returns on investments than many other countries, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said foreign investments can provide great additional resources for infrastructure and other sectors.He said that

Singapore: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today met Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and discussed matters relating to taxation for foreign investment and detailed steps being taken by India to attract investment.Jaitley,

Singapore: Union Finance Minister of India Arun Jaitley said despite a global slowdown and its impact on countries, India remains insulated from the economic fallout and stands out as a "brighter spot"."India is not a

Singapore: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said 7 per cent growth rate recorded in the first quarter of current fiscal "is not just enough", though many thought it was a fair growth rate."When our

Singapore:  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said only about 2-3 legacy tax issues are left which he hoped will be "put to sleep" over the next couple of months."The entire emphasis on the taxation

PM Narendra Modi to visit his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi todayVaranasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a day-long tour of his Lok Sabha constituency today during which he is likely to launch important schemes

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying the time for debate on development is over as it has been proved that Gujarat is No 1 and Bihar

New Delhi: The last decade under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "wasted decade" like that of 1970s and 80s because decision making had shifted out of PMO unlike now, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on

New Delhi: Promising more reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said efforts are being made to "put to sleep" pending taxation issues to attract investments and make fundamentals of the economy sound so that it

New Delhi: Promising the fairest tax regime and a stable policy environment, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today invited US businesses to take advantage of the huge investment opportunity in the infrastructure sector and raise bilateral