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: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will open the two-day India Global Forum meeting beginning here Sunday with his keynote address.The India Global Forum is organised by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) and
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New Delhi: Apparently with China in mind, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is taking all steps to create matching infrastructure on the Indian side to realise its military potential.Noting that "our immediate
New Delhi: Apparently with China in mind, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is taking all steps to create matching infrastructure on the Indian side to realise its military potential. Noting that “our
New Delhi: Seeking to assuage the feelings of a peeved Shiromani Akali Dal, BJP today reached out to one of its oldest allies saying there is no rift between them and there is no question
Islamabad: Pakistan today reacted sharply to Defence Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks that it should decide whether to talk to India or to separatist Kashmiri leaders, saying it does not accept "any conditionality" in the dialogue
New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday directed officials to start the process of bringing out a war history of the Indian armed forces in various formats, including print, digital and celluloid.He said that
New Delhi: Pakistan should draw a red line whether it wants to talk to government of India or those who want to break India, defence minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday asking it to make
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that the long-pending and controversial Insurance Amendment Bill, that seeks to raise FDI in the sector from existing 26% to 49%, will get Parliament nod in
New Delhi: The NDA government is open to privatisation of certain loss-making public sector companies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday."Certainly I would be interested to look at some PSUs (which) could do much
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today meet chief executives of public sector banks (PSBs).Modi will be taking stock of the banks' operational and financial performance an exercise usually undertaken by the Finance Minister.
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said companies are expected to pump in as much as Rs 14,000 crore for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in 2014-15 and the amount will be increasing in
New Delhi: Government on Monday night termed as "highly regrettable" the Budgam incident in Kashmir valley in which two civilians were killed and as many injured in Army firing and said a fair inquiry will
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry will start the budgetary exercise from today with the Expenditure Secretary meeting various ministries starting with Law and Justice and Information & Broadcasting.The ministry will finalise the revised estimates for
New Delhi: Lashing out at those, including the Congress party, who want the government to make names of black money holders public, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said unauthorised disclosure of such names can sabotage
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said increased tax refunds in the current financial year is leading to higher fiscal deficit, which neared 83 per cent of full year target in the April-September period.“Higher
New Delhi: Foundation stone for a trade facilitation centre and a crafts museum will be laid in Varanasi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to his Lok Sabha constituency on November 7, first
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday paid floral tributes at the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary.Modi, who was dressed in a white kurta pyjama with a red coloured shawl draped
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