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TopicArun Jaitley

Topic: Arun Jaitley

Budget 2018 gives incentives to get more women in the workplace, keep them there

EPFO payment rate eased for women workers from 12 to 8 per cent; Rs 3 lakh crore allocated for loans under Mudra Scheme.

Fact check: Arun Jaitley claims in Budget that Ganga cleanup has picked up speed. It hasn’t

ThePrint's visits to Kanpur and Varanasi showed that the Ganga is far from being cleaned, and projects under Namami Gange have been progressing sluggishly.

Arun Jaitley gives no new ideas on reforming higher education in Budget 2018

More higher education institutions a positive, one new medical college for every three parliamentary constituencies will ease shortage of professionals.

Budget Live: Jaitley gives no income tax benefits, imposes long-term capital gains tax

Tracking the latest updates as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Modi government's last Union Budget before the next general elections.

Budget announces Rs 1 lakh crore new funding mechanism for higher education institutes

Scraps grants-in-aid, asks higher education institutes like IITs, IIMs NITs to take soft loans and pay 25 per cent principal.

This Budget is for voters, but the speech must be for business

The business community is hungry for clarity on the new set of significant economic reforms the Modi government plans to tackle.

Off The Cuff with Arun Jaitley

The third edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Hon. Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India,  Arun Jaitley in conversation with ThePrint Chairman and Editor in Chief Shekhar Gupta.

Privilege norm: Rahul Gandhi may have to tender apology for Jaitley tweet

There is a tradition in the House of accepting unconditional regrets sincerely expressed by the persons guilty of breach of privilege.

यदि टैक्स कलेक्शन को है बढ़ाना तो शेयर मार्केट में कैपिटल गेन टैक्स वापस है लाना

वित्त मंत्री के दावे सही हो सकते हैं लेकिन इनमें से कोई भी दावा उनके सामने खड़ी चुनौतियों की जटिलताओं को दूर नहीं कर सकेगा.

Arun Jaitley should tax investors in the budget, but not spook them

The recent claims made by the Finance Minister may be accurate, but that won't mitigate the challenges for this government's final Union Budget.

On Camera

BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club is a glimpse of widening fault lines—Mumbai to Lucknow

Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.