Tag: Finance Minister
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No liquidity crunch in NBFCs, inflation under control: RBI
On Tuesday, the Finance Minister held the central bank responsible for the mountain of bad loans in the nation's banking system.
October 30, 2018 -
Sack Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over bank frauds: Congress
He demanded the immediate sacking of Jaitley and an independent probe into his alleged "collusion, connivance and conflict of interest".
October 22, 2018 -
Arun Jaitley takes ‘clown prince’ jibe at Rahul Gandhi
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley called Rahul Gandhi a “clown prince" with a point-by-point rebuttal to various charges levelled by the Congress president at the Modi government.
October 16, 2018 -
Credit negative
That the Finance minister’s tweet after having briefed a press conference on his dubious plan to reduce oil prices by Rs 2.50 a litre should have been met by derision was only to be expected given that he had very recently argued that oil prices were not under his control. His sense of smugness over …
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October 15, 2018 -
Congress is a national saboteur: Arun Jaitley on IL&FS row
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley accused the Congress party of spreading disinformation about the government’s “possible moves in relation to the private sector company IL&FS”.
October 1, 2018 -
Write-offs don’t lead to loan waiver, recoveries continue: Arun Jaitley
"The cash recovery target for PSBs for FY19 is Rs 1,81,034 crore. NPAs have peaked and declined by Rs 21,000 crore during quarter ending June over March," he said.
October 1, 2018 -
Petrol, diesel prices not discussed: Arun Jaitley after GST Council meet
Earlier, when asked whether the GST council meeting discussed bringing petrol and diesel under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST)
September 28, 2018 -
GST Council sets up GoM on imposing cess in case of disasters
He added another view was whether there should be an all-India levy and should it be confined only to some luxury and sin products or on all products.
September 28, 2018 -
Cabinet clears proposal to convert GSTN into govt entity
The proposal to convert GSTN into 100 per cent government-owned company was earlier approved by the all-powerful GST Council.
September 26, 2018 -
Indian economy to grow at 8%: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
"Banks must strive to be seen always as institutions of clean and prudent lending," he said at the annual review meeting of the public sector banks here.
September 25, 2018 -
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to meet PSU banks chiefs on Tuesday
The meeting is expected to discuss a host of issues, including progress made with regard to reduction in non-performing assets, sources said.
September 24, 2018 -
Government to stick to expenditure, fiscal deficit targets
Jaitley said the primary focus of the Friday meeting was the current account deficit and how to narrow it down.
September 15, 2018 -
Trading untruths
If polygraph tests were widely accepted as accurate and legal to decide who is speaking the truth, a strong case would exist for appealing to the apex court to make such a test mandatory before every politician talks to the media. What the rival parties project as “facts” about fugitive liquor-baron Vijay Mallya’s interaction with …
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September 15, 2018 -
Never gave Vijay Mallya any appointment: Arun Jaitley
The statement from the Finance Minister came after Mallya claimed that he met Jaitley before fleeing out of the country and offered to settle the amount he owed to the banks.
September 12, 2018 -
Met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before leaving India: Vijay Mallya
Absconding bank fraud accused Vijay Mallya dropped a bomb on Wednesday by claiming that he met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before fleeing out of the country and offered to settle the amount he owed to the banks.
September 12, 2018 -
Pakistan govt cancels former finance minister Dar’s diplomatic passport
Pakistan government has cancelled the diplomatic passport of former finance minister Ishaq Dar, who has been declared an absconder in a graft case linking to the Panama Papers scandal.
September 9, 2018 -
India to become fifth largest economy next year: Arun Jaitley
The Minister added that as the market and the economic activity expand, the role of the Competition Commission of India would also expand.
August 30, 2018