Govt committed to facilitate trade, industry in country: Jaitley

March 5, 2019 8:33 PM

Govt committed to facilitate trade, industry in country: Jaitley

Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is committed to facilitate trade and industry in the country so that the momentum of the growth continues to move up. He asked the leaders of various industries to comply with the recent recommendations of the GST Council with regard to the reduction of rates of various items and pass on the benefits to the consumers.  Mr Jaitley said this during a meeting with a delegation of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce ...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present interim Budget for 2019-20 fiscal on 1st of February next year

November 29, 2018 7:58 AM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present interim Budget for 2019-20 fiscal on 1st of February next year

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the interim Budget for 2019-20 fiscal on 1st of February next year. The Ministry said, the work for preparation of interim Budget has already commenced and is now gaining momentum. Last month, the Ministry began the budgetary exercise and during the process, meetings were held with the ministries of steel, power, and housing and urban development, among others, to finalise revised expenditure for the current fiscal and projections for the next financial...

Civil accounts service personnel maintains highest level of efficiency & accuracy: FM Arun Jaitley

March 1, 2018 1:15 PM

Civil accounts service personnel maintains highest level of efficiency & accuracy: FM Arun Jaitley

''''Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that highest level of integrity and efficiency is required on the part of officers and staff of civil account service as great sanctity is attached to the accounting system. ''''''Addressing 42nd Civil Accounts Day function in New Delhi Thursday morning, Mr Jaitley said, there is no scope for error in accounting system. ''''''He said, effective use of technology is helping accounting system which has made tasks easier. ''''''He said, civi...