Arun Jaitley Gets Defence

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, replying to an acrimonious debate in parliament on the Rafale jet deal today, accused the Congress of scrapping an earlier deal when it was in power because it "didn't get the money" and ignored social security in favour of its "treasury security".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley posted a strong defence of demonetisation today as opposition parties seized the second anniversary of the move to rip into the government and even demand an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a Facebook post, the minister described PM Modi's overnight ban on higher currency notes on November 8, 2016, as a "...

Nirmala Sitharaman will be the country's new Defence Minister while Piyush Goyal will be the new Railways Minister after a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday that saw nine new ministers take oath. Ms Sitharaman and Mr Goyal too took oath after being promoted to cabinet rank along with Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Nirmala Sitharaman is the f...

A new Defence Minister is expected to be appointed on Sunday morning when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to revamp his cabinet in a big shake-up. Arun Jaitley will retain the Finance Ministry, sources said; he currently handles both key departments. The Prime Minister was still tweaking his list of new ministers till late on Friday night, s...

A Rs. 2,000 crore blueprint to upgrade security at defence installations that has been caught up in bureaucratic red tape could finally get off the ground. The NDA government on Thursday declared the Armed Forces were being given "substantial financial powers" to revamp security of 3,000 sensitive installations without seeking approvals from the de...

With Manohar Parrikar headed to Goa as the next Chief Minister, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was told to take additional charge as the country's Defence Minister. Rashtrapati Bhavan said President Pranab Mukherjee had accepted Mr Parrikar's resignation with immediate effect. "Further as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has directed th...

The defense ministry needs an increase of roughly 10 percent to deal with inflation and the vast sums required to modernize India's aging military hardware.

Defence personnel retiring at early age of 35-38 years should get higher pension but the same principle cannot be applied to those superannuating at 60-62 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said pitching for reasonable and rational approach to One Rank One Pension issue.

Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that the previous UPA regime's land law has had "disastrous impact" on India's national security as Pakistan could get information on critical defence projects coming up here.

India will set up two more missile test range facilities, one each in Andhra Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, parliament was informed on Friday.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley may get to see the salvaged INS Sindhurakshak submarine during his Mumbai visit today where he will review the operational preparedness of the Western Naval Command.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley may get to see the salvaged INS Sindhurakshak submarine during his Mumbai visit on Saturday where he will review the operational preparedness of the Western Naval Command.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, replying to an acrimonious debate in parliament on the Rafale jet deal today, accused the Congress of scrapping an earlier deal when it was in power because it "didn't get the money" and ignored social security in favour of its "treasury security".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley posted a strong defence of demonetisation today as opposition parties seized the second anniversary of the move to rip into the government and even demand an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a Facebook post, the minister described PM Modi's overnight ban on higher currency notes on November 8, 2016, as a "...

Nirmala Sitharaman will be the country's new Defence Minister while Piyush Goyal will be the new Railways Minister after a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday that saw nine new ministers take oath. Ms Sitharaman and Mr Goyal too took oath after being promoted to cabinet rank along with Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Nirmala Sitharaman is the f...

A new Defence Minister is expected to be appointed on Sunday morning when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to revamp his cabinet in a big shake-up. Arun Jaitley will retain the Finance Ministry, sources said; he currently handles both key departments. The Prime Minister was still tweaking his list of new ministers till late on Friday night, s...

A Rs. 2,000 crore blueprint to upgrade security at defence installations that has been caught up in bureaucratic red tape could finally get off the ground. The NDA government on Thursday declared the Armed Forces were being given "substantial financial powers" to revamp security of 3,000 sensitive installations without seeking approvals from the de...

With Manohar Parrikar headed to Goa as the next Chief Minister, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was told to take additional charge as the country's Defence Minister. Rashtrapati Bhavan said President Pranab Mukherjee had accepted Mr Parrikar's resignation with immediate effect. "Further as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has directed th...

The defense ministry needs an increase of roughly 10 percent to deal with inflation and the vast sums required to modernize India's aging military hardware.

Defence personnel retiring at early age of 35-38 years should get higher pension but the same principle cannot be applied to those superannuating at 60-62 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said pitching for reasonable and rational approach to One Rank One Pension issue.

Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that the previous UPA regime's land law has had "disastrous impact" on India's national security as Pakistan could get information on critical defence projects coming up here.

India will set up two more missile test range facilities, one each in Andhra Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, parliament was informed on Friday.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley may get to see the salvaged INS Sindhurakshak submarine during his Mumbai visit today where he will review the operational preparedness of the Western Naval Command.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley may get to see the salvaged INS Sindhurakshak submarine during his Mumbai visit on Saturday where he will review the operational preparedness of the Western Naval Command.