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| Submitted | 10 July 2014 |
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| Submitted by | Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Website | www |
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The 2014 Union Budget of India was presented by Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on 10 July 2014,11 am. [1] This was the first budget of Narendra Modi led NDA government. [2]
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Arun Jaitley was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government.
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