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British deputy PM meets Jaitley

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IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 25 2014 | 7:35 PM IST

Visiting British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Monday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and discussed various matters including the retrospective tax amendment issue.

Jaitley intimated Clegg on the government's stand on the retrospective tax amendments with reference to the Vodafone and Cairn Energy tax cases in the country, according to informed sources.

Earlier in the day Clegg also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He said Modi and he discussed how the regulation burden can be removed, paving the way for investment coming to India.

"Huge attention was paid on how the regulation burden can be removed. This will act as catalyst for increasing the level of investment coming to India," Clegg said.

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First Published: Aug 25 2014 | 7:30 PM IST

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