A delegation of Tamil Nadu farmers protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi met President Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other top guns of the Centre, and put forth their demands, including waiver of farms loans and drought relief package. Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, who visited the agitating farmers on Tuesday for a second time, assured… Continue reading "Protesting TN farmers meet Pranab, Jaitley"
Top guns of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in the Centre gave patient listening to the woes of Tamil Nadu farmers and fishermen on Tuesday. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday assured a delegation of fishermen from Tamil Nadu that India will continue to work for the release of all Indian boats and fishermen in Sri Lankan custody. Reports… Continue reading "Sushma meets TN fishermen, Jaitley met farmers"
MPs of the AIADMK today urged Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to immediately make available Rs 3000 crore to the Co-operatives in Tamilnadu to meet immediate crop loan disbursement needs. Asserting that the demonetisation move has brought the operations of the cooperative institutions to a virtual standstill in the State, MPs of the AIADMK sought the centre’s permission to receive… Continue reading "AIADMK MPs meet Jaitley, want permission to receive demonetised notes at coop banks"
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said leading institutions especially educational institutions can play an important role in creating mass awareness about issues like financial inclusion in the country. He said that the present Government has taken various steps in last two and a half years to link every household with a bank account. Under PMJDY, Shri Jaitley said… Continue reading "Educational institutions can play an important role in creating mass awareness: Arun Jaitley"