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: Terming the declining inflation as a "positive sign", finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the price situation is under control and all the macroeconomic indicators are extremely encouraging.When asked whether it was
New Delhi: Government today appeared to be keeping its options open on convening a special session of Parliament for enacting the GST law on which Finance Minister Arun Jaitley declared that it was determined to
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New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley today held a press conference in which he held Congress totally responsible for the washout of the Monsoon session of the Parliament.Attacking Congress for thier disrutive politics he said
New Delhi: Government today tore into Congress for its allegations against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Lalit Modi issue and ruled out her resignation, saying she had been made a “scapegoat of a
New Delhi: The government today said the macro-economic scenario has improved significantly on account of revival of growth and subdued inflation and exuded confidence that interest rates will decline in coming years.In his Medium-Term Expenditure
New Delhi: With just two days left of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, the government is making a last-minute effort to find a way to get parliamentary approval for the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
New Delhi: As Congress stalled the GST Bill in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit out at Sonia and Rahul Gandhi saying they had taken the defeat in 2014 elections badly and were
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday will bring the much-awaited bill on GST for passage in the Rajya Sabha even as doubts persists if the opposition Congress will allow passage of the Constitution Amendment Bill.The
New Delhi: Accusing Congress of adopting an “obstructionist attitude” on the GST Bill, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today asked whether the Congress wants alcohol to be cheaper by bringing it under GST and reducing taxes
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will inaugurate a national workshop on 'citizen centric governance' here on September 12.The day-long workshop is being organised with an objective of simplification of procedures, processes and proforma for
The monsoon session of Parliament might have been the no-work only brawl period, but politicians made it sure that they put their most fashionable foot forward in whatever they are doing.Though, political leaders and fashion
New Delhi: Amid apprehensions that the logjam in Parliament may delay the GST roll out, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today accused the Congress of blocking the tax reform legislation for political reasons. Jaitley, however, said
New Delhi: Racing against time to get the GST bill cleared from Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today attacked the Congress for blocking the legislation that it had itself brought in and said 'obstructionist' tendencies
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New Delhi: To soothe nerves of jittery foreign investors after an SIT on black money suggested stricter norms for P-Notes, the Government on Monday said it will not take any “knee-jerk” reaction that will will
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