Arun Jaitley takes charge as FM after a three-month break due to surgery

Piyush Goyal, who was the caretaker Finance Minister in Jaitley's absence, will continue as Railways and Coal Minister

A little more than three months after Arun Jaitley underwent a successful kidney transplant, he resumed charge of the finance and corporate affairs ministries on Thursday morning. Piyush Goyal, who was the caretaker finance minister in Jaitley’s absence, will continue as the railways and coal minister.

Immediately after taking charge, Jaitley took stock of the work in the finance and corporate affairs ministries. He was in North Block for only three hours, and in that time met Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar, Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas, Central Board of Direct