The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley to leave on a one week Official Visit to USA early morning tomorrow i.e. 9th October, 2017 to participate in the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) among others.

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The Union Minister of and Corporate Affairs, Shri to leave on a one week Official Visit to early morning tomorrow

i.e. 9th October, 2017 to participate in the Annual Meetings of the World and International Monetary Fund (IMF) among others.

The Union Minister of and Corporate Affairs, Shri will leave on a one week Official visit to early morning tomorrow i.e. 9thOctober, 2017 to participate in the Annual Meetings of the World and International Monetary Fund (IMF) among others. The Minister, Shri Jaitley will lead the Indian Official Delegation consisting of the Governor, RBI, Dr. Urjit Patel, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA), Dr Arvind Subramanian, Special Secretary, DEA, Shri Dinesh Sharma among others.

On the First Leg of his US visit, the Minister, Shri Jaitley will arrive in New York on the morning on 9th October, 2017.Major engagement of the Minister, Shri Jaitley during his one day stay at New York on 9th October, 2017 include Meeting with the Investors in partnership with of America and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). Thereafter, the Minister, Shri will participate in the Roundtable Meeting of CEOs of USIBC-CII.

Next day, i.e. Tuesday,10th October, 2017, the Union Minister of and Corporate Affairs, Shri will deliver a Lecture on "FDI: Achievements and Challenges" at Columbia University . In the evening, the Minister will leave for Boston.

On Wednesday, 11th October, 2017, the Minister, Shri Jaitley will participate in the Roundtable Investment Meet being organised in Boston in collaboration with NIIF, USISPF and FICCI on the subject of "Indian Economy - The Road Ahead". Later in the evening, the Union Minister of and Corporate Affairs, Shri will deliver a Lecture on India's Tax Reforms at Harvard University. On the morning of Thursday, the 12th October, 2017, the Minister will leave for Washington D.C. to participate in the Annual Meetings of the World and International Monetary Fund (IMF) among others.

During his three day stay at Washington, the Minister, Shri will hold Bilateral Meeting with US Commerce Secretary. He will also participate in an Interactive Seminar organised by FICCI on the subject of "India Opportunity Conference". The Minister, Shri Jaitley will also attend the G-20 Ministers and Central Governors Working Dinner on 12th October, 2017.

On Friday, the 13th October, 2017, the Minister, Shri will participate in the Annual Meetings Plenary, G-20 Ministers (FMs) and Central Governors (CBGs) Meeting and Development Committee Luncheon Meeting among others. Later, the Minister, Shri will participate in the Ministers Meeting with Multilateral Development Banks. The Minister, Shri Jaitley is also likely to hold separate Bilateral Meetings with the Italian Minister for Economy and and the Iranian Minister for Economy and respectively.

In the evening on 13th October, 2017, the Minister of and Corporate Affairs, Shri will participate in the Special event to be hosted by US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) on the theme of "Indian Economy: Prospects and Challenges". Thereafter, the Minister, Shri Jaitley will attend the Dinner being hosted by the Indian Ambassador in USA, Shri Navtej Sarna at India House in Washington D.C. in the honour of the visiting Minister.

On Saturday, the 14th October, 2017, the Minister, Shri will participate in the IMFC Restricted Breakfast Session followed by the IMF Governors Photo Session. Later, the Minister, Shri Jaitley will participate in the IMFC Plenary.

In the afternoon, the Minister, Shri Jaitley will host a lunch for THE Constituency Members consisting of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Later, the Minister, Shri Jaitley will participate in the 96th Meeting of the Development Committee Plenary.

On Sunday, the 15th October, 2017, the Minister Shri Jaitley will leave for back home after completing his one week official visit to and will arrive in the national capital on Monday, 16th October, 2017.

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First Published: Sun, October 08 2017. 16:20 IST