Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician serving as the current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014. Sitharaman formerly served as the Defence Minister of India, thereby becoming India's second female defence minister and also the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi, and first full-time female Finance Minister. She has served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Ministry of Finance and the Minister for Commerce and Industry with independent charge. Prior to that, she served as a national spokesperson for the BJP.
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das will address a press conference on Friday, a day after the Centre announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore economic package for the country’s poor.. WorldNews - Published
The solutions may include a reduction in customs duty on some essential inputs, apart from speeding up port clearances. On Tuesday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman met industry players and.. IndiaTimes - Published
Speaking at Times Now Summit 2020, when asked by the anchor of the BJP losing state after state, Sitharaman said, "We have not lost Delhi, it was with AAP already. We gave our best in every election.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sitharaman defended handling of the economy citing “seven specific green shoots” in rising foreign direct investment (FDI), net foreign portfolio inflows, kicking off of Rs 103 lakh crore.. IndiaTimes - Published
The BJP on Monday issued a three-line whip to all its Rajya Sabha members, asking them to be present in the House tomorrow and "support the stand of the government". Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.. IndiaTimes - Published
Speaking at an event titled 'Jan Jan ka Budget', the minister also said the Centre has plans to raise the interaction of banking officials. DNA - Published
The meeting is being held in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda, and Union ministers like Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Ramesh.. IndiaTimes - Published
In top news of the day on Saturday, February 1, 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented the Union Budget 2020-21. A man opened fire in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area near the site.. DNA - Published
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will be listed as part of the government disinvestment initiative. The government proposes to sell a part of its.. IndiaTimes - Published
"The Union Budget will help in creation of jobs, it is in the interest of farmers, it will boost continuous development and is a development-oriented budget. For this, I would like to congratulate.. IndiaTimes - Published
The government has also asked the Reserve Bank to extend the Debt Restructuring window for micro, small and medium enterprises by a year to March 31, 2021, in measures aimed at imparting a thrust to.. IndiaTimes - Published
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government plans to amend the Companies Act to decriminalise civil offences. In her second Budget presentation, the finance minister said tax.. IndiaTimes - Published
Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has called all the floor leaders of the Upper house for a meeting at his residence on January 31, ahead of the budget session of the Parliament. The Union Budget.. IndiaTimes - Published
If Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not happy with Sitharaman's performance, he should ask her to resign, the former Maharashtra chief minister said here. The Union budget would be presented on.. IndiaTimes - Published
Pointing out that states cannot refuse to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as “that is against law and the Constitution”, Union finance minister said here on Sunday that as many as 2,838.. IndiaTimes - Published
Between 2014-16, there were a lot of questions as to why reforms did not come fast and there were comments that the government was incapable of bringing them, she said delivering the Nani Palkhivala.. IndiaTimes - Published
Union Budget 2020 India: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is facing a tough task of driving the economy out of probably the toughest times, may not go overboard in setting growth target for.. WorldNews - Published
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said states cannot refuse to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as their refusal “is not legal and is against Constitution.” IndiaTimes - Published
Days after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) capped the withdrawal limit of Sri Guru Raghavendra Co-operative Bank to Rs 35,000, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday reassured account holders and said finance.. IndiaTimes - Published
Hitting back at the Congress for its dig at finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her absence from a pre-budget meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP on Thursday accused the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's absence from the Prime Minister-led industry meeting on Budget suggestions, here on Thursday, created ripples on Twitter as well as in general. IndiaTimes - Published
"The CAA is not for taking away anyone's citizenship. The Opposition has no other issue and therefore they are deliberately creating misconception. They are wrong. Confusion is being created by linking.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sitharaman said that the following commitments are in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise that India will make investments worth Rs 100 lakh crore on infrastructure in the next five years. DNA - Published
Senior BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of "misleading" people over the amended citizenship law and equating it "falsely" with the NRC which, the Union.. IndiaTimes - Published
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 was.. IndiaTimes - Published
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday cited her government's efforts to control onion prices as also its schemes such as free cooking gas to poor women and financial inclusion programme of.. IndiaTimes - Published
In a scathing attack on the BJP-led government at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the country was in "trouble" as the "imaginary world" the Prime Minister had created was falling apart. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a jibe at finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman over the issue of onion prices, saying none asked her what she eats, but people wanted to know why the economy.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Thursday targeted Nirmala Sitharaman during Congress protest over rising onion prices. Sitharaman, on Wednesday, said she doesn't eat much of onion. "I thought.. IndiaTimes - Published
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