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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.

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.

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

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

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Vikram Sampath book launch ticked many boxes: Shiva, Aurangzeb, Hindu resilience, bias, Nehru

Sagrika Kissu -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched 'Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth of Kashi’s Gyan Vapi', whose author Vikram Sampath said 'shrines fell, shrines rose but Hindus of Kashi never gave up'.

Sitharaman gave her least complex Budget speech in 2024. But former FMs kept it simpler

Vidya Mahambare -
According to a text sentiment analysis, nearly 36.5 per cent of the lines in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget 2024 speech displayed positive sentiments.
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