Arun Jaitley

New Delhi:  The government's decision to regularise unauthorised colonies in the national capital has been taken to provide basic amenities in these areas on par with other developed colonies of the city, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said…
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is believed to have discussed the performance of the economy in the past seven months. The meeting comes at a time when the Finance Ministry is in the…
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New Delhi:  Government today pledged to remove entry barriers to business and ensure a competitive tax regime to push manufacturing growth under its 'Make in India' programme, even as it blamed high interest rate for slowdown. The…
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New Delhi: Blaming high cost of capital for slowdown in  sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today pitched for removal of entry barriers and a globally competitive taxation regime to attract investments and boost growth. "We have to put…
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New Delhi: Government may adopt the ordinance route to push reforms in insurance and coal sectors as relevant bills could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha, whose functioning was paralysed in the just-concluded winter session. An…
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New Delhi: Government on Wednesday approved promulgation of an Ordinance to hike Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in the insurance sector to 49 per cent from 26 per cent, as the legislation could not be passed in the Parliament session…
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New Delhi: A day after the government tabled the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday urged industries to build public opinion in states for passing the law on reforming India's…
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New Delhi: A day after introducing the long-pending GST Bill in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is "extremely determined" to push insurance sector reforms and will not allow political obstructionism to…
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Vadodara: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has decided to adopt Karnali group panchayat villages in Gujarat's Vadodara district as part of the 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna', a senior official has said. Four villages of Karnali, Pipaliya,…
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New Delhi:Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will tomorrow meet his state counterparts to iron out the "challenges" in rolling out the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The meeting would "discuss some of the challenges that the states see at this…
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