RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
RBI's rate cut will provide policy support to real economy, says Jaitley
Welcoming the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to reduce the repo rate to 6.75 from 7.25%, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the central bank's decision will significantly p…
parliament
Over 15,000 people, including top industrialists, sign online petition asking MPs to let Parliament function
As the opposition parties continue to stall the Parliament showing no sign of ending the logjam, more than 15,000 people including country’s top industrialists have launched a signature campaign urgi…
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
PM Narendra Modi to brainstorm with bankers on public sector bank reforms on January 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold discussions with bankers on January 3 at Pune to draw an "action plan" for reforms in the public sector banks (PSBs). Modi will be interacting…
Smriti Irani
Good Governance Day row: Essay contest 'online and voluntary '; schools will remain shut on Christmas, says Centre after Parliament uproar
HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Monday took to Twitter to lash out at an English language daily's report which said that CBSE and Navodaya schools will remain open on Christmas, December 25 …
Planning Commission
Government working overtime to push reforms; GDP to rise to 6-6.5%, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Committing to push growth rate to 6-6.5% in the next fiscal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the government is "working overtime" to push reforms, especially, in sector…
revenue
States reject Goods and Services Tax bill, petro tax remains vexed issue
In a setback to the Centre, states on Thursday rejected the draft Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill saying it does not address their concerns, particularly on entry tax and taxation of petroleu…
World
Black money debate- Arun Jaitley says 250 out of 427 names traced admit to having foreign bank accounts
Identity of 427 account holders abroad has been established and 250 of them have admitted to having accounts, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley revealed today while asserting that the government is on th…
Tax
May raise tax exemption limit further: Arun Jaitley
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that he does not favour burdening the salaried and middle-class Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that he does not favour burdening the sal…
Swiss Bank
Government to have relook at tax treaties to unearth black money: FM Arun Jaitley
Faced with the daunting task of getting back black money stashed abroad, government on Saturday said it was having a relook at some of the bilateral tax treaties signed with foreign countries that ma…
politics
FM Arun Jaitley takes cautious stance as WPI inflation adds to cheer
Tailwinds for the economy in the form of cooling inflation and rising industrial output are enough to excite finance minister Arun Jaitley, who has set the bar higher and is even cautious on the deve…
WTO
India, isolated, toughs it out in WTO food-stockpiling row; Arun Jaitley lashes out at 'unreasonable' rich nations
Backroom talks falter before PM Modi's first G20 summit | India wrecked trade deal, linking it to food aid | Insists 'peace clause' on stockpiles should be open-ended. India defi…
news
What makes the finance-defence-company affairs minister the go-to man in the Narendra Modi Government
Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at home in Delhi In his Siachen photo-op on Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked so natty in his shades and low-slung snow goggles, wearing a red m…
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