Jaitley also highlighted various initiatives under the "Make in India" programme which is a flagship scheme of the central government to spur domestic manufacturing, it was officially stated in New Delhi on Sunday.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to set up a regional hub for South Asia in New Delhi so that the...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on Saturday urged to welcome more investment in infrastructure and high-level technology so as to improve economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is also taking care of defence ministry at present, has postponed his travel to Japan for the Asian Development Bank's annual meet starting on Thursday by two two days due to the recent conflicts developed between the neighbouring countries of India and Pakistan.

India's growth which was likely to slow down to 7.1 per cent in 2016-17 due to demonetisation, will bounce back to 7.4 in the current fiscal on...