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Jaitley calls Oppn 'Kleptocrat’s Club', Mamata’s actions aimed at hogging
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her ongoing ‘dharna’ over the current CBI vs state police tussle and alleged that her actions are aimed at hogging the limelight by projecti
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Budget raises allocations for major schemes
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 01 (ANI): The Interim Budget for 2019-20 announced on Friday by Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has raised the outlay for major schemes.
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Working on digital IT refund generation in 24hrs: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the Centre is working on a method to ensure digital generation of income tax refund within 24 hours from the time of filing for returns.
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Budget 2019: Increase in tax exemption limit gets thumbs up
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal’s proposal to increase the income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh in the interim Budget on Friday got the thumbs up from people.
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Budget 2019: Railways experienced safest year, says Goyal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Indian Railways experienced the "safest year" in its history as all unmanned level crossings on the broad gauge network have been eliminated, said Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal while presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday.<
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10 lakh people have enrolled for Ayushman Bharat, massive scale up of heal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The government has seen a massive scale-up in the healthcare sector in the last five years and 10 lakh people have been enrolled in the Ayushman Bharat scheme so far, Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said while tabling the Interim Budget in the Parliament o
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Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal meets President Kovind
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday morning ahead of presenting the Union Budget, as part of tradition.
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Jaitley hits out at Congress over EVM issue
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday lashed out at the Congress for casting doubts over EMVs, asking whether the Election Commission, its millions of staffers and the elections during the UPA government in collusion with the BJP.
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United India Rally was anti-Modi agenda: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his blog asserted that the United India Rally which was led by the Trinamool Congress had a two-fold strategy, firstly, negative anti-Modi agenda and secondly, to combine as many political groups together so as to take t
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Arun Jaitley slams Opposition over Rafale, CBI issue
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday took a dig at the Opposition saying that a new class of Compulsive Contrarians, including the Left and dynastic politicians, has emerged to create perpetual propaganda against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Arun Jaitley, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurate 'Hunar Haat'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday inaugurated "Hunar Haat" at the State Emporia Complex.
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Constitution Amendment Bill doesn't contravene Constitution's basic struct
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, which provides 10 per cent quota to poor in the general category in government jobs and academic institutions, does not "contravene the basic structure of the Con
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