Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who left for America for medical treatment, has been diagnosed with a rare cancer type and may not be able to present this year's Interim Budget on February 1, reports a source.
Jaitley had left for the US on Sunday for what was believed to be a medical check-up relating to his kidney ailment. However, sources said he was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma, a rare type of cancer, and decided to go for treatment in New York.
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Soft tissue sarcoma is a rare cancer of connective tissue that can affect soft tissues such as fat, muscle, nerves and blood vessels of any body part.
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‘Finance minister Arun Jaitley went to the US for a medical check-up related to his kidney disease, but he was diagnosed with rare cancer type known as soft tissue sarcoma.’
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There was no word on when he was likely to return, but some sources said he was expected back on January 19, but others said it could be later.
Jaitley, 66, had undergone a renal transplant surgery on May 14 last year. Officials have been tight-lipped about the trip which has come at a time when the Finance Ministry is busy with the preparations of the vote-on-account budget to be presented in the Lok Sabha on February 1his sixth and the last by the BJP-led NDA government in its current term.
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Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare type of cancer affecting the striated muscles. It mostly occurs in children.
By convention, an interim budget normally does not contain fresh proposals, especially relating to taxation measures. But the coming vote-on-account budget may spring some surprises like an increase in the exemption threshold for income tax assessees and some measures to address agrarian unrest.
Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS last year in early April following which he underwent dialysis. He had a renal transplant surgery on May 14, 2018. In his absence, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of Finance Ministry on May 14.
Jaitley stopped attending office at the beginning of April and was back in North Block the seat of Finance Ministry - on August 23.
Earlier, in September 2014, he underwent a bariatric surgery on account of severe diabetics.
Source: IANS
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare type of cancer affecting the striated muscles. It mostly occurs in children.
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By convention, an interim budget normally does not contain fresh proposals, especially relating to taxation measures. But the coming vote-on-account budget may spring some surprises like an increase in the exemption threshold for income tax assessees and some measures to address agrarian unrest.
Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS last year in early April following which he underwent dialysis. He had a renal transplant surgery on May 14, 2018. In his absence, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of Finance Ministry on May 14.
Jaitley stopped attending office at the beginning of April and was back in North Block the seat of Finance Ministry - on August 23.
Earlier, in September 2014, he underwent a bariatric surgery on account of severe diabetics.
Source: IANS
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