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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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Modi govt has to rely on raising revenue. Budget FY25 has limited expenditure options

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With higher expenditure demands on the exchequer on account of welfare schemes, what is the way out for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman?

Budget session of Parliament to be held 22 July-12 August, Union Budget presentation on 23 July

ANI -
This will be first full session of Parliament after the new members took oath in the first session of 18th Lok Sabha. Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget.

Big ideas for Budget D-Day—jobs, skills and innovation should be the focal point

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In her interim Budget speech in February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had mentioned the need for industry-academia collaboration. This time, the Budget could give the initiative a bigger push.
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