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TopicFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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.

‘Walked the path of fiscal prudence’ — what economists say about interim budget 2024’s fiscal maths

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Sitharaman announces cervical cancer vaccination for girls aged 9-14 in interim budget

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Health ministry allocated Rs 90,657 crore for FY 2024-25, 1.6 percent higher than the full Budget presented last year and 12.5 percent higher than the revised estimates for 2023-24.

‘Shows confidence of continuity’ — Modi lauds Interim Budget 2024 as he seeks 3rd term for BJP govt

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PM Narendra Modi says the Budget was inclusive and innovative and focused on the four pillars of ‘Viksit Bharat’ — youth, poor, women and farmers.

Nine days after split from BJP, three AIADMK MLAs meet Nirmala Sitharaman in Coimbatore

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AIADMK MLA V Jayaraman said the meeting did not have any political connection and the stand of the party on alliance is to be decided by Edappadi K Palaniswami.

India may reconsider allowing local firms to list on foreign exchanges, says Nirmala Sitharaman

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Talks underway for global framework on crypto rules, says Finance Minister Sitharaman

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Sitharaman further said that cryptocurrency could not be regulate without the support of other countries and that there should be a regulated framework to handle crypto assets.

Inflation to remain steady despite price rises, growth on track, says Sitharaman

Shilpa Jamkhandikar -
Food price inflation rose to 11.5% in July, its highest in more than 3-1/2 years, while India is set to receive its sparsest monsoon rains in eight years.

‘India can learn a lot from China’s growth journey; even better the Chinese model,’ says Sitharaman

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The Union Finance Minister underlined mentoring of young generations to embellish efforts in the march toward Viksit Bharat of 2047 in the Amrit Kaal.

TN visits, Parliament speech in Tamil — BJP ‘uses’ Nirmala Sitharaman as state connect in 2024 run-up

Akshaya Nath -
The Union finance minister has already visited Tamil Nadu 6 times this year & the state found a mention in her speech while talking about the sengol to be placed in the new Parliament.
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