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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.

Sitharaman to table Health & National Security Cess Bill in Lok Sabha, pan masala to face 40% levy

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In Rajya Sabha, Piyush Goyal is likely to move a motion for election of a member to the Rubber Board, while L Murgan will make a statement regarding govt business for next week.

7,000 firms relocated from Bengal in last 14 yrs, Sitharaman says in debate with TMC’s Sagarika Ghose

Apoorva Mandhani -
Responding in Parliament to the TMC MP's allegations of Centre neglecting Bengal, Union finance minister doubles down with GDP figures.

India says IMF’s sub-par ‘C’ rating on data is because of old base year

Bloomberg News -
In its report on India last week, IMF assigned a ‘C’ rating to the country’s national accounts statistics, which includes data on GDP, consumption and income levels.

Nirmala Sitharaman likely to table Central Excise (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha today

ANI -
The Bill aims to raise excise duties and cess on tobacco products, with an amendment to the Central Excise Act, 1944.

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

Udit Bubna -
The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

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

Sampurna Panigrahi -
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

Subhash Chandra Garg -
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.
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