Noted Hindustani classical singer Chhannulal Mishra is the fourth recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award, the second-highest civilian honour after Bharat Ratna.
Bishan Singh Bedi has quoted the renaming of Feroz Shah Kotla to Arun Jaitley Stadium also as one of the main reasons for his dissatisfaction.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah too remembered "friend of friends" Jaitley.
The minister described Jaitley as the 'architect of GST'.
Arun Jaitley, who had passed away on August 24 last year after a prolonged illness, had also served Indian cricket as BCCI Vice-President.
The expenses of the government have defied gravity, revenues are southwards-bound, while the finance minister is committed to limiting its fiscal deficit to no higher than 3.3 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product.
To be presented by officiating Finance Minister Piyush Goyal in the absence of Arun Jaitley, the interim Budget 2019 will be the last of the current NDA regime as the general elections are due in May this year.
The numbers showing government liabilities increasing 49 per cent to Rs 82 lakh crore (September 2018 figures) over the few years of Mr Narendra Modi’s rule, are disconcerting.
The Union Budget 2019 will be presented on 1 February by officiating Finance Minister Piyush Goyal
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday registered a case against former ICICI CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon Group chairman Venugopal Dhoot in the loan case.
