Finance Minister

San Francisco: Promising a globally compatible business climate in India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said reforms have become "absolutely necessary" in the areas of land, labour and taxes to attract investors. Stating that the…
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New York: "Excessive" judicial interference is not investor friendly and the government is considering changes in the laws to streamline the judicial process, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. Some of the "interventionist…
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New Delhi: Keeping up the attack on the government over 'Modigate', Congress general Secretary Digvijay Singh today questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's silence on the issue. The senior Congress…
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New Delhi: With most states on board, the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on GST will submit its views tomorrow to the Parliamentary panel looking into the Constitutional amendment bill for introduction of new indirect tax…
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New Delhi: The Finance Ministry is likely to finalise additional capital requirement, over and above budget provision of about Rs 8,000 crore, for public sector banks in the next three months. The exercise of getting representations from…
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today outlined the road map for the second year of the NDA government which includes making taxation more reasonable and improving the ease of doing business in India. Maintaining the speed of…
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New Delhi: Government has initiated a large number of reforms in its first year of governance to encourage investments and the country has the potential to grow at 9-10 per cent, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. "I do believe…
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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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