Congress asks PM Narendra Modi: Who is the Finance Minister?
New Delhi, June 19: On Monday, Congress leader Manish Tewari asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the information displayed on the PMO’ s website about the Finance Minister portfolio.
The PMO’s website, last updated on May 14, 2018, shows Arun Jaitley as ‘Minister without Portfolio’. Piyush Goyal is listed as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs along with his portfolio of Minister of Railways and Coal.
On the same day, May 14, Goyal was handed over the portfolio of Finance Ministry, as Jaitley was scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant later that month at The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Tewari questioned Modi by asking, "Who is finance minister of India? PMO's website says one thing, finance ministry website tells another story. The gentleman designated without portfolio on the PMO website is holding meetings via video conference. PM needs to tell the country who is his finance minister."
Tewari also said: “Not having a clarification on who exactly was the Finance Minister of India during a time of economic difficulty, reflects a sad state of governance.”
A statement from the President’s Office said, that the portfolios of Finance and Corporate Affairs were temporarily assigned to Goyal in the absence of Jaitley.
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CM Siddaramaiah presents Annual Budget for 2026-27 before Legislature
Bengaluru: The Budget Session of the Legislature began on Friday, March 6, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is also Finance Minister of Karnataka, presenting the Annual Budget for the year 2026-27 before the Legislature.
This is the record 17th Budget being presented by Siddaramaiah as Finance Minister.
Siddaramaiah has said that the budget size for the year is Rs 4.48 lakh crore, adding that the GST collected by Karnataka is the second highest in the country.
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