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Tax Reforms in India: Vision for the Future

Arun Jaitley (Minister of Finance of India)

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April 16, 2015
Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC

Event Summary

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley discussed the crucial overhaul of India’s indirect tax system at the Peterson Institute on April 16, 2015.

Jaitley was appointed as minister of finance under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2014. He is a senior advocate in the supreme court and a former additional solicitor general of India. He served as leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Rajya Sabha (upper chamber of the Indian parliament) during 2009–14. He was also a member of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank.