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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.

With last-minute approval, India set to snap up world’s last available C-17 Globemaster

Manu Pubby -
Two years after the special request made to hold aircraft for India, defence ministry committee clears signing of contract.

Why is code of conduct not being applied to NDA ministers on India Foundation board?

Shashi Tharoor -
The code bars ministers from even being on advisory boards, but four ministers continue to advise the India Foundation, and the Cabinet Secy is silent.

Defence ministry may ease licensing rules for private players

Manu Pubby -
Minister Nirmala Sitharama seeks to know why deemed licences not be given; DRDO asked for tech list for commercialisation.

As India & US discuss defence cooperation, Army foils Pak-backed terror attack on LoC

Manu Pubby -
Pakistan’s BAT team, notorious for beheading Indian soldiers, tried to push intruders; India says it won’t send troops to Afghanistan.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s ‘modernisation’ drive must go beyond buying big weapons systems

Manvendra Singh -
Even as India continues its big-ticket weapon buying spree, Sitharaman must address the key question of the soldier behind the machine, and the structure behind the soldier.

Defence ministry blocks Navy’s ‘unrealistic’ five-year acquisition plan

Manu Pubby -
The plan has been sent back for pruning, because it would double India’s defence budget. Top Navy officials meet new minister Sitharaman to brief...

Make in India priority for Sitharaman, first challenge is Ambani vs L&T

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New defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take crucial call on Rs 20,000 cr LPD contract; Adani vs Tata next

Cabinet reshuffle is not about governance, but elections and party consolidation

Shiv Visvanathan -
It is not really the performance but caste and electoral consolidation that drives this round of musical chairs.

With women, gen-next leaders and new entrants, the cabinet reshuffle eyes 2019 and beyond

Vijay Chauthaiwale -
With less than two years to general elections, the BJP is rewarding performance, fine tuning social equations, and making course corrections.

Cabinet reshuffle marks the rise of new generation within BJP

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Nirmala Sitharaman is defence minister, Piyush Goyal has been moved from power to railways and Nitin Gadkari gets to handle water resources and Ganga ministry.
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