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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.

Sitharaman foresees energy price & availability as India’s biggest short-term challenges

Reuters -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman notes that if natural gas goes beyond the country's means, they will have to revert to coal.

Repeat of ‘Go, Goa, Gone’ moment for Congress & why boycott brigade’s ‘Brahmastra’ isn’t working

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‘In our DNA’: Finance Minister says India vaccinates 60% of the world today

PTI -
Yadav, Nirmala Sitharaman said India was trying to give both doses to population, even produced vaccines during pandemic.

Xi shells, bombs & blasts near Taiwan shore, and hand-me-down MiG-21’s flight into sunset

Debdutta Chakraborty -
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Tricolour trend & empty pockets on display, and how Pelosi unleashed bull in China shop

Gaurvi Narang -
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Modi govt ‘assures timely transfer of capex funds’ as states decry reduced borrowing capacity

Shubham Batra -
States worried over Centre slashing their funds, which could be used for capital creation, by considering liabilities of state entities while determining net borrowing capacity.

Currency volatility may encumber India’s debut green bond

Ronojoy Mazumdar -
The bond is issued in rupees which has fallen 4% in value this year, discouraging investors.

Nirmala Sitharaman invites Silicon Valley investors to be part of India’s growth story

Lalit K Jha -
'The US-India collaboration in financial services and emerging technologies will support increased investment and innovation,' the finance minister said.

FDI into India $500.5 bn in 8 years of Modi rule, says Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament

ThePrint Team -
The finance minister said war in Russia, Ukraine has added to the pressure that subsequent Covid waves heaped on the economy.

Millets never had ‘marketing gurus’ like rice, wheat. Thanks to Modi govt, now they will

Meghana Narayan -
Corporate brands, the Modi government, and even the UN have told us about the benefits of millets. But there's a gap–it's still unclear to people.
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India’s long war with Maoists has a huge void — no number of dead bodies can fill it

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Weak governance, corruption and poverty continue to define tribal life in India. The introduction of industrial and mining projects has benefited contractors, politicians and officials more than Adivasis.

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Economy

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Defence

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Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

National Interest

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

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None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.

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