India considering to change financial year to Jan-Dec: Jaitley

India considering to change financial year to Jan-Dec: Jaitley
Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley attends a seminar with state finance ministers on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) issues in Srinagar. Pic: Reuters

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday told lawmakers that the government is considering to change the country`s financial year to January-December from April-March.

"The matter of changing financial year is under consideration," Jaitley told lawmakers in a written reply to the lower house of parliament.

He declined to elaborate whether the budget presentation would be advanced to November or December from February 2018.

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