New Delhi, Delhi, India

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday resumed charge as the finance and corporate affairs minister after a gap of more than three months. 

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President Ram Nath Kovind has directed to assign portfolios of Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs to Arun Jaitley. 

During his indisposition, Piyush Goyal had assumed the additional responsibility of the finance and corporate affairs portfolio, even as he retained important portfolios like Railways and Coal. 

Notably, Piyush Goyal had got a leg-up Goyal during the Cabinet reshuffle last September when he was elevated to Cabinet rank and assigned the politically important Railways Ministry.

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Jaitely, 65, had stopped attending office in early April to undergo the surgery. 

A prominent member of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s inner circle, Jaitley, had a gastric bypass operation in 2014 to keep his diabetes in check. 

(With inputs from agencies)