In a clear indication that finance minister Arun Jaitley, on medical leave in the US, will not present the Modi government’s last Budget on February 1, railway and coal minister Piyush Goyal was given temporary charge of the ministry on Wednesday. Jaitley will remain a minister without portfolio during his indisposition, a government statement said on Wednesday. He left for the US a week ago for a medical check-up.
In a clear indication that finance minister Arun Jaitley, on medical leave in the US, will not present the Modi government’s last Budget on February 1, railway and coal minister Piyush Goyal was given temporary charge of the ministry on Wednesday. Jaitley will remain a minister without portfolio during his indisposition, a government statement said on Wednesday. He left for the US a week ago for a medical check-up.