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Arun Jaitley's health stable now, on ventilator since last night
Sat, Aug 10, 2019
Former Union minister Arun Jaitley, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday morning, was put on ventilator late in the night. Jaitley has been undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) at country’s premier medical institution. According to a release by media and protocol division of AIIMS, the former minister is under the supervision of a team comprising multidisciplinary doctors. “At present he is haemodynamically stable”.
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Take a look at how Union Budget presented over the years in India
Fri, Jul 05, 2019
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to go with ‘swadeshi bahi-khata’ on the day of Union Budget presentation. She kept budget documents in four fold red cloth instead of a briefcase that reminds of traditional ‘bahi-khata’ (ledger). Last time, Piyush Goyal presented the Union Budget and posed with the ‘briefcase’ in February 2019 due to illness of then FM Arun Jaitley. Former FM Arun Jaitley used a brown-colored briefcase for the budget day as well in his tenure (2014-2018). P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee also used the briefcase to keep the documents. Former FMs Yashwant Sinha, Manmohan Singh also followed the tradition. The tradition of posing with ‘briefcase’ before budget started by India’s first-ever Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947.
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WATCH: Why are two budgets being presented this year
Fri, Jun 21, 2019
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present Union Budget 2019 in parliament on 5th July. But, didn't Piyush Goyal present the budget earlier this year in February? Then why is Sitharaman presenting the Budget all over again?
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Union Budget 2019 to be presented in first week of July: Sources
Thu, May 30, 2019
Union Budget 2019 is set to be presented in July, little over a month after the new government takes charge, sources confirmed to Zee Business TV. The newly elected government is set to take oath on Thursday evening at 7 pm with Narendra Modi returning as prime minister for another five years.
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Arun Jaitley requests PM Modi to not include him in new cabinet
Thu, May 30, 2019
Citing health reasons, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not include him in the new cabinet, and said he wants “reasonable” time for his treatment. “I am writing to you to formally request you that I should be allowed a reasonable time for myself, my treatment and my health, and, therefore, not be a part of any responsibility, for the present, in the new Government,” Jaitley said in a letter to PM Modi. Jaitley, however, added that since he would have a lot of time with him during his break, he would informally support the government or the party.
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PM Modi requests Arun Jaitley to join Cabinet: Sources
Thu, May 30, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets ailing Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at his residence. The meeting comes after a letter from Jaitley's front over not continuing more as a Finance Minister due to health concerns. According to sources PM Modi urges Arun Jaitley to join cabinet.
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Who will be India's new finance minister after Arun Jaitley in Modi Cabinet?
Wed, May 29, 2019
Even before the Lok Sabha elections 2019 results were out, there was much speculation that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley might not be a part of Narendra Modi's Cabinet due to health issues, a development senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader confirmed on Wednesday afternoon with a tweet.
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