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Amritsar receives fund worth Rs 500 crore for 'Smart City' project
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India] Jan 6 (ANI): The Centre on Saturday released fund worth Rs 500 crore to commence the 'Smart City' project in Amritsar.
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Resilience of banking system being tested: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday stated that amid the rising challenges emerging before banks in the present day, the resilience of the banking system is undergoing a test.
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Cong asks PM to stop boasting about India's economic growth
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The Congress party on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to stop boasting that India is the fastest growing economy.
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Rahul mocks Modi-Jaitley over GDP growth
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): In the wake of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation releasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers during 2017-18, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took to Twitter to make a witty remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union
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Chidambaram credits Congress for taxable bonds' launch
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI) Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday expressed happiness over the issuance of the Government of India savings (taxable) bond and hailed the Congress party for "forcing the government" to take this major decision.
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Jaitley calls for transparency in electoral funding through bonds
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday stated that the Electoral Bond scheme presented before the Parliament earlier aims to promote a cleaner and more transparent system of electoral funding.
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INX Media case: Karti Chidambaram to appear before ED on Jan 11
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday summoned former finance minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram in a money laundering probe in connection with the INX Media case.
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Bitcoins not legal tender in India, reiterates Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Amid reports of the rising presence of bitcoins and other forms of virtual currencies (VCs) in India, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday reiterated that the former are not accepted as a lawful and legal tender in India.
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Jaitley, Chidambaram spar over NPAs in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram questioned the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led Central Government on the issue of Non-Performing Assets (NPA) in the Rajya Sabha (RS) on Tuesday, asking for data to prove that loans sanctioned during the Unite
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Commercial, cooperative banks to be treated 'at par', asserts Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said no income tax exemption would be provided to profit-making cooperative banks, adding that they should be treated at par with commercial banks, owing to their method of functioning.
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Centre open to suggestions on Aadhaar-based privacy framework: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the Centre was open to feedback regarding legislation required to improve Aadhaar-based privacy framework.
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FM Jaitley puts end to speculations over Rs. 2,000 notes
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday put an end to all rumors about the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holding back Rs. 2000
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