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Topic: 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.

At launch of NITI Aayog report, Sitharaman calls for regulation to run at par with AI adoption

Udit Bubna -
FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

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Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Nirmala Sitharaman was asked what keeps her up at night—‘I sleep well, actually’

Udit Hinduja -
What are India's top 3 economic priorities? Nirmala Sitharaman answers

Nirmala Sitharaman asked for a change that made finance secretary Garg quit the IAS

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In ‘No, Minister’, Subhash Chandra Garg pulls the curtain back on how the finance secretary’s office functions and his interactions with politicians across the spectrum.

Oppn-BJP squabble on missing PM & President’s Rule overshadows Manipur budget discussion in Lok Sabha

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Several Oppn MPs said that it was unfortunate that the Manipur budget was being discussed in Parliament and not the state assembly.

Budget 2025 shows how well Nirmala Sitharaman handled govt resources

A K Bhattacharya -
It would not be improper to say that a small proportion of India’s population has become the limelight of the Union Budget for 2025-26....

Modi govt rolls out rural prosperity programme, to work with states to make villages ‘poverty-free’

Risha Chitlangia -
The programme aims to create jobs, support small farmers, empower rural women, expand skill training & reduce migration by promoting entrepreneurship & modernising agriculture.

Modified UDAN to cover 120 new airports in 10 yrs, Bihar to get greenfield airports

Varnika Dhawan -
Centre cuts down the budget allocation for the Ministry of Civil Aviation from Rs 2,658.68 crore allocated in the revised budget for 2024-25 to Rs 2,400.31 crore for 2025-26.

PM scheme for low productivity districts to self-reliance for pulses, what Budget has for agri sector

Shubhangi Misra -
Focusing on well-being of small & marginal farmers, boosting income levels through DBTs, launching crop-specific ‘missions’ are some of Modi govt's measures announced in Budget.

Budget boost for 5 youngest IITs with 6,500 additional seats, more infra; fellowships for all IITs

Fareeha Iftikhar -
Budget allocation hiked to support IITs to Rs 11,349 crore, which is 10% higher than the previous year’s budget estimate & 8.4% higher than revised estimate.
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Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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