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Sat, Feb 01, 2020
Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid homage to former finance minister late Arun Jaitley in her speech on Saturday morning.
Sun, Aug 25, 2019
The last rites of former finance minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, who died at the age of 66 after a prolonged illness on Saturday at New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Wed, Nov 08, 2017
On November 08, 2016, Modi scrapped high denomination notes namely Rs 500 and Rs 1000 - accounting 86% of India's currency. This event has been a hot topic since then across the country.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday declined to disclose all the facts that went into the decision to undertake demonetisation last year.
Tue, Nov 07, 2017
The government is working on launching the second phase of promoting digital payments from January, according to an official source.
In an overall analysis, Jaitley mentioned that it would not be wrong to say India has moved on to a much cleaner, transparent and honest financial system post demonetisation.
In the Union Budget 2017, the government has fixed direct collections target at Rs 9.8 lakh crore. So far, the govt has received Rs 4.39 lakh crore between April - October 2017.
Sat, Nov 04, 2017
The GST Council had announced several measures to ease problems faced by businesses last month.
Fri, Nov 03, 2017
The meeting assumes significance in the light of the recent government announcement of fund infusion in the public sector banks over a period of two years.
In June month, the cabinet among many recommendations under the 7CPC, also approved raising the minimum pay from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000 per month and fitment factor to 2.57 times.
Wed, Nov 01, 2017
Though it was only in May 2016 that effective action to consolidate state-owned banks struck headlines with six associate banks getting merged into State Bank of India in April 2017.
The World Bank on Tuesday said that India's ranking on the Ease of Doing Business rose 30 spots to stand at 100th position for the first time ever.
Tue, Oct 31, 2017
Buoyed by the jump in India's ease of doing business ranking, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today vowed to continue reforms that will help break into top 50 nations.
Latest ranking was announced by the World Bank Group’s latest Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs report.
The issue is now expected to be taken up by the GST Council in its next meeting on November 10, which will be headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Sat, Oct 28, 2017
Terming tax-paying as a "patriotic duty", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said given our aspiration to be a dominant player on the world stage, we cannot afford to be a place where the shadow economy is bigger than the real economy.
Thu, Oct 26, 2017
The Union Government will start infusing capital into public sector banks (PSBs) from December 2017, a source aware of the development has informed Zee Business. The recapitalisation bond will be cash neutral, the source further said.
The recent recapitalisation plan announced by the government for public sector banks will provide substantial funds to the lenders to address the capital shortages, that has a major negative impact on their ratings, says a report.
Tue, Oct 24, 2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Indian economy is on a strong wicket with sound macro-economic fundamentals.
Ministry of Finance has announced big banking reforms along with infrastructure investment under new incentives to 'boost economic growth.'
Respite for businesses under GST continued as the Finance Minister today announced waiver of late fee payment for those who filed returns late.
Sun, Oct 15, 2017
There is a great interest about India in the United States and among its investors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said, adding that the relationship between the two countries was a "mature" one.
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![1-year of Demonetisation: This move became "ache din" for mutual funds industry and Indian markets](https://cdn.zeebiz.com/sites/default/files/styles/zeebiz_160x90/public/2017/11/08/25168-narendra-modi-ians.JPG?itok=V6jL7GjF&c=969935bdef84acb71467cd92a9d3aa8e "1-year of Demonetisation: This move became "ache din" for mutual funds industry and Indian markets")
