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.
While India displayed significant improvement in 2017, rising international crude oil prices and global trade war would throw up challenges going forward.
"Pandit Nehru amended the Constitution so that a demand for ‘Akhand Bharat’ could incite a war and therefore should be prohibited...we all were told that to advocate a breakup of the country without inciting violence is legitimate free speech," said Jaitley.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley took to his official Facebook blog on Thursday to share his thoughts on the Supreme Court judgment taken on 4 July which said that the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi does not have independent decision-making powers, and is bound to act on the aid and advice by its Council of Ministers.
Jaitley dismissed the idea of a single rate GST being advocated by Congress President Rahul Gandhi as flawed saying that it can only work in a country where the entire population has 'similar and high' capacity to spend.
The Government is planning a mega event to mark the first anniversary of GST roll out on July 1 with…
