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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.

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RSS-linked trade union’s Budget demands: Raise income tax exemption to Rs 10 lakh, notify 2 labour codes

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Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh also demands removal of 'anti-worker ' provisions before the remaining 2 labour codes are rolled out, calls for constitution of 8th Pay Commission.

India’s GST system is now a mess. Those who designed it also are confused

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The root cause of GST’s complexity lies in the multiplicity of rates. Time and again, experts recommended a simple dual-rate system. They were all ignored.

GST Council kicks the can on insurance premiums, decides on tax rate for re-sale of EVs

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman provided clarity on some key decisions taken by the Council, such as taxes on food and non-food items & taxes on resale of electric vehicles.
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