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Government cuts Petrol, Diesel prices
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Bringing some respite to people, who were reeling from continuous fuel price hike, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a cut of Rs 2.50 per litre on both petrol and diesel, and directed the state governments to implement the same.
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Write-offs don't lead to waivers, claims Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi targeted the government for waiving off debts of "crony capitalists", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his blog post on Monday stated that write-offs by banks are not counted as loan waivers and are done as per the R
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Jaitley calls Congress "national saboteur"
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 01 (ANI): Terming Congress a "national saboteur", Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday claimed that the party has been busy spreading false information about the Centre's possible moves in relation to the private sector company Infrastructure Leasing &
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Jaitley applauds Sushma for exposing Pak's double standards at UNGA
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday congratulated External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj for 'very effectively showing Pakistan it's double face on terrorism' and other issues.
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Andhra govt seconds Kerala's calamity cess proposal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh on Friday announced to support any decision taken by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to help Kerala, which is recovering from the recent floods and torrential rains.
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GoM to review cess proposal for Kerala flood victims
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who chaired the 30th Goods and Services Tax (GST) council meeting on Friday, approved creation of a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to review the cess proposal for rehabilitation of Kerala flood victims.
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Swamy writes to Jaitley, blames Adhia for Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi fleeing
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has written a letter to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley seeking permission to initiate proceedings to prosecute Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia. Swamy alleged that Adhia has been involved in se
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Center welcomes SC's decision on Aadhaar, terms it 'historic'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 26 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling on Aadhaar which upheld its Constitutional validity while making it non-mandatory in certain cases including school admission, NEET and CBSE exams.
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Jaitley underscores need for banks to crack down on frauds
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday highlighted the impact of the formalisation of the Indian economy - through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), GST, demonetisation and digital payments - on Public Sector Banks (PSBs), while also stress
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Jaitley to discuss banking reforms with PSBs today
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will hold a meeting with Public Sector Banks (PSBs) on Tuesday to discuss banking reforms.
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Rafale row: Congress corners Centre over Jaitley's CAG remark
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): A day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report will not lead to the cancellation of the Rafale deal, the Congress party on Monday called the statement "highly objectionable".
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Rafale deal: Congress steps up attack on Modi govt
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 24 (ANI): Continuing his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government over the Rafale deal, former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Monday said that he felt pity that the Centre refused to order an inquiry into the alleged h
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