New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is in the US for a medical check up, will return home on Friday, well ahead of the Budget presentation on February 1, official sources said.
"The Finance Minister is set to return on the evening of January 25," said a senior official. "The interim budget will be presented by him for sure," he said. He added that the process for printing of Budget documents began on Monday.
Jaitley, 66, left for the US on January 13 for what was believed to be a medical check-up relating to his kidney ailment. He had undergone a renal transplant surgery in May 2018.
However, there has been wide speculation that he may not be able to return early to present the interim budget, which will be his last ...