New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday resumed charge of the ministries of finance and corporate affairs after a nearly 100-day gap during which he underwent a surgery for kidney transplant. Jaitley, 65, who had stopped attending office a month-and-half before the May 14 renal surgery, came to North Block — the seat of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs — at 11 am in his white Tata Safari accompanied by his personal staff. Sources said doctors have advised him to cut his public interaction to the minimum to protect him from contracting any infection.
Attired in formal trousers and wearing his characteristic smile, Jaitley went straight to his first-floor office, which has been renovated and sanitised to suit his present condition. He met senior officials in both the ministries including Finance Secretary Hashmukh Adhia as also the chairpersons of CBDT and CBIC.