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Arun Jaitley calls for isolating Pakistan internationally post Uri attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Sept. 18 (ANI): Condemning the terror attack in Uri, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday assured that the people behind this attack will not be spared, adding that after this attack it becomes important to isolate Pakistan on international platform.
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God help Indian economy if Swamy becomes Finance Minister: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Sept. 18 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy for saying that he would be a better Finance Minister than the incumbent Arun Jaitley, the Congress on Sunday said if the choice for handling India's fiscal and monetary pol
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Jaitley hopes PSBs are able to transmit cuts in policy rates by RBI
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 16 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday expressed hope that the public sector banks would tighten up to a point where they are able to transmit cuts in policy rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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PM Modi reviews preparedness for rollout of GST
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting to review the preparedness for the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on September 14, 2016. The meeting was attended by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, both the Ministers of State for Finance, senior
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FM Dar woos French investors to invest in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 14 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has urged the French industrialists, businessmen and investors to invest in Pakistan, while addressing the Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) in Paris.
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Jaitley announces special assistance measures for Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Announcing special assistance measures for Andhra Pradesh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said it would give the state an amount equivalent to what it would have received had the special category status given to it.
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Quick verification probe against former ex-Kerala finance minister ordered
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Sept. 5 (ANI): The Trivandrum vigilance court on Monday ordered a "quick verification" probe against former Kerala finance minister K.M. Mani over a complaint that he used "bribed" amount to conduct a mass wedding in October 2014.
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Central Govt. employees to get two years of pending bonus: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 30 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that all Central Government employees would soon get their annual bonus that has been pending for the two last years.
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State Finance Ministers' discuss accountability of GST
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said the State Finance Ministers' met to avoid confusion about the rates at which indirect taxes would be levied and discussed the accountability of the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN).
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Pakistan commits to strengthen relations with Sri Lanka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug. 28 (ANI): Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said Pakistan and Sri Lanka have "tremendous scope" to further strengthen the bilateral economic and trade relations during his meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ravi Karunanayake, who was in Islama
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Jaitley stresses on credible dispute resolution mechanism among BRICS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday called for a larger economic and trade cooperation, including goods and services, among the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) member nations for achieving higher growth in the globally challenging en
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Pak finance minister says Jaitley's non participation in SAARC confer
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug. 27 (ANI): Playing down India's move to isolate Pakistan in the region amidst escalating tensions between the two over the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Islamabad said New Delhi's decision not to send its finance minister, Arun Jaitley, for the Sou
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