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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.

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

A K Bhattacharya -
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

Nivedita Mookerji -
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.

NDA allies get place in 5 cabinet committees, Shah remains 2nd most powerful minister after Modi

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Non-BJP ministers are part of important panels like economic affairs, parliamentary affairs & political affairs. Sitharaman & Rajnath find place in 7 & 6 committees.

Union Budget is not corporate India’s wishlist. Tax breaks can’t solely drive profit

+TFP TCA Sharad Raghavan -
The incidence of GST is higher on the poor than rich. The public would be better off pushing for faster timelines for this rather than making plaintive appeals for income tax reductions.

Budget is Nirmala Sitharaman’s first order of business—reduce deficit or create employment?

A K Bhattacharya -
The finance ministry could remove the GST compensation cess or subsume a part of it in the revised rates for such products. It would reduce overall GST incidence and boost demand.

Lights, smiles, confetti & victory signs — How BJP celebrated Lok Sabha, Odisha poll results

Suraj Singh Bisht -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior BJP leaders joined party workers in the celebrations at BJP headquarters Tuesday after the BJP won 240 Lok Sabha seats.

Social Stock Exchange brings new dawn for NGOs. It will link India’s social sector to markets

R Balasubramaniam -
The success of the Social Stock Exchange hinges on the collective effort of all stakeholders—government, private sector, and civil society.

SC right to quash FIR against MP principal. State govt was misusing law for vigilantism

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When Robin Hood economics runs up against King John’s fiscal policy & now screaming on ‘Sanskariflix’

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