TopicNirmala Sitharaman

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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From more funds for Amaravati to interest-free loan, what’s on Naidu & Nitish’s budget wishlist

Shanker Arnimesh - January 29, 2025

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

Neelam Pandey - January 6, 2025

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

TCA Sharad Raghavan - December 28, 2024

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

ANI - December 21, 2024

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.

Rs 22,280 cr black & laundered money recovered, including from Mallya & Nirav Modi, says Sitharaman

Yuthika Bhargava - December 17, 2024

Sitharaman tells Lok Sabha govt recovered Rs 14,131 cr from Vijay Mallya alone. She also addresses concerns about inflation, GDP growth & possibility of slowdown in manufacturing.

‘Soviet’ economic model copied by Nehru, upheld by Indira Gandhi did no good to India—Sitharaman in RS

Neelam Pandey - December 16, 2024

The finance minister said in Parliament Monday that the economic framework adopted by Congress set India back by almost 4 decades and ‘human cost of delayed economic reform is significant’.

Modi govt, Oppn clash over Adani, Indira & Vajpayee as Parliament resumes after week-long deadlock

Shanker Arnimesh - December 3, 2024

During discussion on Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi also criticised Modi govt for demonetisation, ‘misuse’ of agencies & rupee falling to all-time low against US dollar.

What is ‘electoral bonds extortion’ complaint that led to FIR against Sitharaman, BJP office-bearers

Mayank Kumar - September 29, 2024

Scope of complaint not limited to Vedanta or Aurobindo Pharma, will now get FIRs registered in other cases of ‘extortion’ of donors of electoral bonds, complainant tells ThePrint.