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Germany to escape recession, says finance minister

BERLIN  – Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said he expected Germany to escape recession, pointing to a subdued but upward trend in its and Europe’s economies. With the risk of trade conflicts and Britain’s looming European Union exit as a backdrop, recent data has pointed to a marked slowdown […]

Allocation for the North Eastern Areas is being proposed to be increased by 21% to Rs 58,166 crore in 2019-20 BE over 2018-19 BE: Finance Minister

open view news desk While presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament today the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal said that the allocation for the North Eastern Areas is being proposed to be increased by 21% to Rs 58,166 crore in […]

Jaitley lauds NIA, defends snooping order

New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday lauded the NIA for busting an alleged Islamic State terror plot, and defended a recent government order authorising investigative agencies to monitor any computer. “Well done NIA for cracking the dangerous terrorist module,” he tweeted. “Would this crackdown of the terrorist […]

Ease of biz ranking: Indian can improve further, says Jaitley

New Delhi : Buoyed by a 23-place jump on World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday said India can crack into top 50 if it improves on time taken for registering real estate, starting business and enforcement of contracts. Addressing a news conference soon […]

Arun Jaitley says confident of meeting fiscal deficit target

open view web desk NEW DELHI – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that the government is confident of meeting its fiscal deficit target of 3.3 percent of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year, a day after outlining a number of measures to bolster the […]

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley being treated for kidney ailment, infections

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said he was undergoing treatment for kidney related problems and infections

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