ADVERTISEMENT
Finance Minister Jaitley for Rationalising Subsidies
16 Aug 2014, 04:27 PM IST i

Save
File photo of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Mumbai: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said India's ballooning subsidy bill needs to be lowered by rationalising the dole-outs.
Stating the government should not be doling out pre-poll populist measures that increase the subsidy bill, Mr Jaitley on Saturday said, "If we waive off loans, empty the government treasury, and destroy economic discipline, then I feel this would not help the economy or the country."
Admitting tha...
ADVERTISEMENT