FinMin to organise Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture on Mar 20

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry will organise a conference 'Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture' on March 20 next year to pay tribute to the former finance minister.

Jaitley, who as the finance minister ushered in India's biggest tax reforms and was the chief trouble-shooter of the BJP and the Modi govt, had died on August 24 after battling multiple health issues for several months.

"The @FinMinIndia to hold Shri. Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture. The first of this annual program will be on Friday, 20 March 2020. An Economists Conclave shall be held the next day. Eminent economists shall be invited. Grateful to @PMOIndia for consenting to launch this event," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a tweet on Saturday. "Honoured to announce this on Shri Jaitley's birthday, today.

Thankful to Shri. @narendramodi to have come up with this thought and to have given it a structure. The Lecture and the Conclave shall hopefully be a fitting tribute to Shri. Arun Jaitley and his inspiring leadership," she added.