Arun Jaitley holds video conference on very day of discharge from hospital

FM takes stock of work done in his absence, discusses various economic and policy issues with senior FinMin staff

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held a meeting with Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Garg, and Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian through video conferencing on Monday, the day he was discharged from hospital following a successful kidney transplant.

“He took stock of the work that was being done in his absence and discussed various economic and policy issues with senior Finance Ministry staff. He will have such meetings with officials regularly through video conferencing,” said an official aware of the meeting.

Jaitley, who has been listed on the website of Prime Minister’s Office as ‘Minister Without Portfolio” was