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UPA made corruption a cause by holding unprecedented protest: Jaitley on K
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the Congress-led UPA made "corruption a cause" by staging an "unprecedented" protest in Bengaluru along with the Janata Dal (Secular).
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Congress made fake theory of Hindu terror for political benefit, must apol
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Congress should apologise to the society for propagating 'Hindu terror' theory which has been categorically discarded by the Panchkula court.
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Article 35A was surreptitiously inserted in Constitution by Jawaharlal Neh
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), March 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that Article 35A, which restricts non-permanent residents to buy property in Jammu and Kashmir was surreptitiously inserted by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru into the Constitution.
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ASAT missile: Jaitley slams Opposition for claiming credit
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Mar 27 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday slammed Congress for claiming that the process to develop anti-satellite (ASAT) missile began during previous UPA government, saying that Manmohan Singh government had refused to give permission for the testing
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NYAY will cost about 1.8 per cent of India's GDP: P Chidambaram
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 27 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday asserted that complete rollout of party's promised minimum income guarantee initiative, NYAY (Nyuntam Aay Yojana), will cost about 1.8 per cent of India's GDP.
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Jaitley terms Opposition's sting video on demonetisation as 'fake, humorou
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday slammed opposition parties for releasing a sting video on demonetisation which he termed as 'fake' and 'humorous'.
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Indira believed in redistribution of poverty, Rahul Gandhi's promise is 'b
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), March 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hit out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his "bluff" promise to provide a minimum income guarantee scheme to India's poor stating that a party who allegedly rode to power on its 'Gareebi Hatao' (eradica
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RBI Governor meets Finance Minister Jaitley ahead of monetary policy meeti
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): A week before the financial year 2018-19 comes to a close, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to get a brief on the overall economy.
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Karti Chidambaram to contest LS poll from Sivaganga
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram will contest from Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga parliamentary constituency from where he unsuccessfully contested the last poll as well.
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Jaitley terms Congress 'original creator' of dynastic politics
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): Taking a jibe at dynasties owning political parties, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that the "unfortunate phenomenon" has accelerated in the last three decades and termed Congress its "original creator".
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Jaitley on Yeddyurappa 'diary' row: Documents are 'self-serving forgery'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday rubbished the Congress allegations that former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had paid Rs 1800 crore to some top BJP leaders, including him, and said the documents cited by the Opposition party appeared t
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Govt exceeds divestment target, mops up Rs 85,000 crore
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): The government said on Friday that it has exceeded the disinvestment target for the current fiscal year by Rs 5,000 crore and total proceeds so far have reached Rs 85,000 crore.
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