Podcasts about finance minister arun jaitley

In his Budget 2017 speech, then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley discussed a way to cleanse the political system of black money and bring transparency to political funding- Electoral Bonds. In the months since, it became clear that electoral bonds would instead make the system more opaque. In the last week, we saw a series of investigations that exposed questionable methods used by the Center to push for the scheme.  On this episode we look at the controversy around electoral bonds and transparency in political funding. Udit Misra, who writes for the Indian Express' Explained page and has done a three part series on what RTIs on electoral bonds reveal, explains what electoral bonds are, what makes the system opaque and the many dangers that lie in that.

Reserve Bank Of India governor Urjit Patel may consider resigning from his post if Section 7 of RBI Act is invoked to transfer reserves.The government and the RBI came to loggerheads after the deputy governor Viral Acharya hinted that the government is trying to hinder the independent working of the institution.The spat became more public when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley blamed the institution for “lending spree” during UPA era. We spoke to Vishwas Utagi, Banking expert over this ongoing rift between the RBI vs the Government.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In this episode, Aarti Tikoo Singh, senior assistant editor of The Times of India, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Manisha Pande. They discuss Vijay Mallya and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s alleged meeting, Kerala nun’s rape case, Serena Williams’ standoff with the umpire and more. Listen up!Listen to the full episode here: https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/09/14/hafta-189-vijay-mallya-serena-williams-kerala-nuns-rape-case-more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Days after pulling out from the NDA government led by Bharatiya Janata Party, Telugu Desam party has finally decided to quit the NDA coalition as well. TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had decided to break away from the government after the Centre’s alleged ignorance towards the Special Status demand by the Andhra Pradesh. The TDP MPs were upset with the Centre and PM Modi for quite few years. However, after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cleared last week that no special status will be granted to Andhra Pradesh, the TDP called for a party meeting and announced its decision. The new blow comes to BJP in the wake of already one ally-Shivsena abandoning the NDA coalition for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. On the backdrop of humiliating defeat of BJP at the hands of SP-BSP alliance and RJD in UP Bypolls and Bihar Bypolls, this development has deliver another setback for the party. TDP today called a meeting of its politburo where it was also decided that the party will back YSR Congress’ decision to move No-Confidence motion against the Modi government. The YSR Congress MP YV Subba Reddy had notified the Lok Sabha Secretary-General on Thursday to move the no-confidence motion in the Council of Ministers. He had also requested that it should be included in the list of business on Friday. While Chandrababu Naidu did not miss the chance to criticize the YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy he reiterated that for the people of Andhra Pradesh he will support the no-confidence motion put forth by the party. "

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley snuck in 27 amendments in the 31-page long Finance Bill. Some of these remove the cap on political contributions from corporations, also doing away with the requirement to disclose the name of the party to which contributions are made. It also empowers IT officials to raid people without disclosing the reason and makes Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns. We have Meghnad S, a public policy analyst, who discusses the bill at length. Plus, we have the regular Hafta gang, Abhinandan Sekhri, Deepanjana Pal, Madhu Trehan, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan. We also talk about Yogi Adityanath, UP's anti-Romeo squads, and the shuttering of illegal slaughterhouses. And finally, the question that's been plaguing us all, will BJP finally build the Ram Mandir?For references visit: https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/03/24/hafta-112-kya-ab-ram-mandir-banega See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Union Budget was announced this week and we discuss some key highlights of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s speech. The regular Hafta gang, that is Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal and Manisha Pande, are joined by journalist Vivek Kaul who tells us if this Budget is different from the previous ones. The team also discusses US President Donald Trump’s immigration ban, the Rs 2,000 cap on cash donations to political parties, the Samajwadi Party and the Congress alliance and the attack on Sanjay Leela Bhansali. A little into the podcast, Ranga Uncle and Sekhri digress and disagree on the idea of “whataboutery”: is it intellectually lazy or stimulating to indulge in it? All this and a lot more discussed and dissected on this episode. Listen up! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we cover China's Great Cannon and its ongoing cyber espionage activities. CSIS Strategic Technology Program Senior Fellow Denise Zheng joins to explain China's new offensive censorship tool and to discuss what governments and organizations can do to protect their networks. Then we move to India's economy, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley discussing India's plans for equitable growth. We also review the region's news, profile Natalie Lichtenstein of the AIIB, and share our One to Watch. Hosted by Colm Quinn. Audio edited by Sam Ellis. Produced by Jeffrey Bean. To learn more visit the CSIS Asia Policy blog at www.CogitAsia.com.