With new strength, Arun Jaitley resumes charge as Finance Minister
New Delhi, Feb 15: After almost 100 days, Union Minister Arun Jaitley has assumed the charge of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
The responsibility of the Ministries was given to Union Minister Piyush Goyal on the temporary basis on the 23rd of January. President Ram Nath Kovind with the advice of PM Modi, has directed that the Finance and Corporate Affairs responsibilities to Union Minister Arun Jaitley.
Jaitley had given the temporary charge of the Finance Ministry and Corporate Affairs to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on January 23 as he had to undergo medical treatment in the US.
It was Goyal who presented the sixth and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's last budget earlier this month before the general elections due during April-May this year.
Jaitley left for the United States on January 13 for a 'regular medical check-up'. He returned to India on February 9
He underwent a kidney transplant at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on May 14, 2018. He had stopped attending office at the beginning of April last year due to his kidney ailment and was back in North Block - the seat of Finance Ministry - on August 23, 2018. Even then, Goyal had manned the ministry for a long period of time.