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Topic: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), and has served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs since 2019 (this is as of March 2024). In the first Modi government, Sitharaman served as the Minister of Defence between 2017 and 2019, thereby becoming India’s second female defence minister and the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi, and the first full-time female minister to hold each of those portfolios.

Sitharaman first joined the BJP in 2004 and was appointed party spokesperson six years later. She was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2014. While presenting her first budget, she made a statement by replacing the traditional budget briefcase with a ‘bahi-khata’ with the National Emblem to carry the speech and other documents.

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Modi government says focus on employment & middle class in first post-poll budget

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India’s energy demand to grow 2-2.5 times by 2047, coal to dominate, says Economic Survey 2023-24

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Survey says there needs to be ‘orderly’ transition to mix of energy sources, which includes hydro, solar, wind & green hydrogen. It also talks about balancing development & climate change.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present Economic Survey in Parliament a day before budget

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The Budget Session of Parliament will commence Monday and subject to the exigencies of government business, the session is likely to conclude on 12 August.

Jobs, rural India likely to be focus of new Modi government’s first budget, says Goldman Sachs

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Ahead of Union Budget, Naidu meets Nirmala Sitharaman, seeks financial aid for Andhra Pradesh

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Why Nirmala Sitharaman 2.0 is good for finance ministry, govt & even the economy

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If corporate India and the stock markets want stability, and PM Modi wants someone who unquestioningly follows his directions, then Sitharaman is the right person for the job.

‘Cesspool to historic profits’ — FM Sitharaman outlines ‘turnaround’ of banking sector under Modi

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In series of X posts, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlights 'banking sector turnaround from non-performing assets crisis created by UPA to Rs 3 lakh crore profits in FY24'.

PSUs not dismantled, they’re flourishing under PM Modi’s leadership,’ says Sitharaman

ANI -
Union Finance Minister said that it was Congress that left India crippled, relying heavily on imports rather than empowering PSUs such as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
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