Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is undergoing treatment for kidney ailment, on Sunday took oath for his new six years term in the Rajya Sabha.

The 65-year old Jaitley elected recently from Uttar Pradesh took oath at special ceremony due to his health condition.

The ceremony took place in the chambers of Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

"Took oath of office as Rajya Sabha Member representing Uttar Pradesh, April 15, 2018," Jaitley said on Twitter.

Union Ministers Ananth Kumar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goel, Hardeep S Puri, Vijay Goel and Shiv Pratap Shukla, along with leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, were among those present at the ceremony.

Jaitley was on April 3 once again appointed as the Leader of the Upper House following his re-election.

He has not been going to his North Block office since April 2.

On April 9, he underwent dialysis at AIIMS here and has been confined to a controlled environment' at home.

He had cancelled his scheduled foreign visits and had confirmed his illness in a tweet.

I am being treated for kidney-related problems & certain infections that I have contracted, he had tweeted.

Jaitley, however, had not elaborated on the ailment, but said he was currently working from controlled environment at home. The future course of my treatment would be determined by the doctors treating me.