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Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman

DOB: August 18, 1959

Nirmala Sitharaman joined the BJP in 2008 and has served as a spokesperson for the party. In 2014, she was inducted into Narendra Modi's cabinet as a junior minister and in June 2014, she elected as a Rajya Sabha Member from Andhra Pradesh. In May 2016, she was one of the 12 candidates nominated by the BJP to contest the Rajya Sabha elections due on 11 June 2016. She successfully contested her seat from Karnataka. On 3 September 2017, she was elevated to Defence Minister. After Narendra Modi was re-elected in 2019 she became the first full time woman after Indira Gandhi to hold the Finance Minister post.

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K Chandrashekar Rao changed TRS name to BRS on advice of 'Tantriks': Nirmala Sitharaman

India | Oct 09, 2022, 09:54 AM IST

Bharat Rashtra Samithi news: Nirmala Sitharaman said that when Telangana state was formed in 2014, it was a revenue surplus state.

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Finance Minsister Nirmala Sitharaman interacts with vegetable vendors in Chennai | Watch

India | Oct 08, 2022, 11:10 PM IST

The Finance Minister interacted with the vendors and even bought vegetables from them. While interacting with the vendors she asked them about the difficulties they experienced.

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'Thank god Manmohan Singh didn't serve unpalatable food like demonetisation, GST': P Chidambaram

India | Sep 16, 2022, 09:21 PM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had accused then Congress government of implementing half-baked reforms where the economy was not opened in the right way but as per the strictures imposed by the IMF.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Educational institutions must produce students who can meet India's development goals: FM

Education | Sep 10, 2022, 07:17 PM IST

Sitharaman on student growth: Sitharaman at an event here said India's higher education was no less when compared to global universities and people who have studied in Indian universities were the second largest contingent when it comes to managing the best of companies around the world.

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Finance ministry to kick-start budgetary exercise from October 10

Business | Sep 08, 2022, 03:10 PM IST

The budget for the next year will be addressing critical issues of high inflation, job creation, boosting demand, and putting the economy on a sustained 8 percent-plus growth path.

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RBI needs to be more synchronised to handle inflation: FM Sitharaman

Business | Sep 08, 2022, 12:46 PM IST

Inflation management cannot be singularly left to the monetary policy, which has proved totally ineffective in many countries, Sitharaman said.

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Nirmala Sitharaman pulls up Collector in Telangana; KTR says 'appalled' | Video

India | Sep 03, 2022, 11:35 AM IST

Union Minister said since March-April 2020, the Centre has been providing rice priced at Rs 30-Rs 35 free of cost without the State government and the beneficiaries having to contribute anything.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finanace Minister

Nirmala pulls up Collector in Telangana for not replying on Centre, state share in PDS rice

India | Sep 02, 2022, 09:01 PM IST

From March-April 2020, the Centre has been providing rice, priced at Rs 30-Rs 35, free of cost without the state government and the beneficiaries having to contribute anything.

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Nirmala Sitharaman: Centre spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme in 8 years

India | Sep 02, 2022, 11:52 AM IST

Telangana has been given Rs 20,000 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in the past eight years.

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'India's money is with FM Sitharaman': AIUDF chief slams Centre for paralysing economy

India | Aug 06, 2022, 12:44 PM IST

Indian economy news: Meanwhile, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday made a sharp attack on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her handling of the Indian economy.

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AAP MP Raghav Chadha meets Sitharaman, seeks rollback of 12% GST on inns near Golden Temple

India | Aug 04, 2022, 03:17 PM IST

AAP MP Raghav Chadhamet met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the national capital and sought a rollback of 12 percent GST on inns near the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

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Nobody is in denial about price rise, Indian economy definitely much better, says Sitharaman

Business | Aug 02, 2022, 11:51 PM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha: The finance minister said that the government has adopted a targeted approach based on ground-level inputs to tackle retail inflation which is ruling at around 7 per cent.

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'There is no collapse of Indian rupee': FM Sitharaman in Parliament monsoon session

Business | Aug 02, 2022, 06:34 PM IST

Replying to supplementaries, Sitharaman said interventions that are happening from the RBI side are more for containing volatility that is happening between the Indian rupee and the US dollar and so on.

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Oppo, Vivo India and Xiaomi issued notices for tax evasion

Business | Aug 02, 2022, 06:12 PM IST

Chinese mobile manufacturers issued tax evasion notice: Three Chinese smartphone manufacturers have been issued tax evasion notice by the government.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

No question of India getting into recession: Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha | 10 points

India | Aug 02, 2022, 12:20 AM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman on inflation: No question of India getting into stagflation or recession as macroeconomic fundamentals of the economy are strong, Sitharaman said while replying to the opposition's statements that India will also be in a condition being faced by Sri Lanka, Pakistan.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Congress MPs walkout as FM Nirmala Sitharaman addresses Lok Sabha on rising prices

India | Aug 01, 2022, 11:55 PM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman, India's finance minister, countered the Opposition's uproar over price rise and assured that the Indian economy is still the fastest growing economy.

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Sonia Gandhi vs Smriti Irani: Sitharaman says 'some of our MPs felt threatened when Cong chief came'

India | Jul 28, 2022, 07:03 PM IST

Sonia Gandhi-Smriti Irani face-off: Congress MPs are likely to meet Lok Sabha Speaker to complain against BJP MPs and Council of Ministers who were present in the confrontation with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi.

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Govt exempts GST on 11 food items when sold loose. See list

India | Jul 19, 2022, 03:59 PM IST

GST News: The government has exempted GST from being levied on several food items if they are sold in loose. Check out the list.

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Sri Lanka crisis: Centre calls all-party meeting on July 19; EAM Jaishankar, FM Sitharaman to brief

India | Jul 17, 2022, 04:33 PM IST

During a meeting of parties convened ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Tamil Nadu-based DMK and AIADMK demanded India intervene in the neighboring country which is facing a debilitating economic crisis.

Indian Medical Association urges Finance Minister

Indian Medical Association urges Finance Minister Sitharaman to withdraw GST on healthcare

India | Jul 17, 2022, 02:30 AM IST

The doctors' body cited another recommendation which stated that room rent exceeding Rs 5,000 per day per patient charged by the hospital will also be taxed at 5 percent, without input tax credit (ITC).

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