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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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100 more airports to come up in India by 2025, Sitharaman

100 more airports to come up in India by 2025, Sitharaman announces

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 12:53 PM IST

Presenting Budget 2020, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that 100 more airports will be developed in India by 2025 to support the UDAN scheme. She said Rs 1.7 lakh crore has been provided for transport infrastructure in 2020-21.   

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman announces more Tejas-like

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman announces more Tejas-like trains

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 12:40 PM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that more Tejas Express-style trains will be put into service by Indian Railways on key tourism routes. Tejas Express is a more premium version of the Shatabdi-style AC Chair Car trains.

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Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to be completed by 2023, Sitharaman promises in Budget 2020

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 12:38 PM IST

​The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be completed by 2023, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced as she presented Budget 2020 in Parliament on Saturday. Sitharaman said accelerated development of highways will also be undertaken.

FM Sitharaman proposes 'Kisan Rail' in her 16-point plan to

FM Sitharaman proposes 'Kisan Rail' in her 16-point plan to improve farm sector

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 11:51 AM IST

Presenting Budget 2020, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced 'Kisan Rail' as part of Modi government's 16-point plan to improve the farm sector.

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Budget 2020: Sitharaman lists 16 points to boost farmer income

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 12:24 PM IST

Finanace Minister Nirmala Sithraman on Saturday presented the Budget 2020 in the Lok Sabha. In her budget speech, Sitharaman said that the government is committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022. She lists 16 action points for farmers' welfare.

Budget 2020: What FM Nirmala Sitharaman has to boost job

Budget 2020: What FM Nirmala Sitharaman has to boost job creation

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 05:18 PM IST

India is already struggling with its fiscal deficit target and economic slowdown has taken a toll on the job scene in the country. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to address this problem in her Budget speech today. Budget 2020-21 is likely to focus on resolving the issue that is impeding job creation in India.

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Nirmala Sitharaman Budget 2020 Speech: Full Text

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 02:00 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting Budget 2020 in Parliament on Saturday. The most important highlight of Budget 2020 was the introduction of new slabs and reduced tax rate for different slabs. 

Railway Budget 2020 LIVE: More funds for bullet trains and

Railway Budget 2020: BIG push for Indian Railways! More Tejas trains, private trains announced

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 02:19 PM IST

Railway Budget 2020: Indian Railways, the lifeline of the country and the common man, is expecting big announcements from the Railway Budget 2020. Will trains fare hike? Is one of the biggest questions raised ahead of Budget. Railway Budget 2020 is expected to lay out the roadmap for an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore by 2030 in the Indian Railways network.

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman back with traditional 'bahi

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman back with traditional 'bahi khata'

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 10:28 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carried documents in a traditional 'Bahi-Khata' (ledger) wrapped in a red cloth for Budget 2020. This is Sitharaman's second budget presentation.

Budget 2020: Highlights

Budget 2020: BIG Highlights from Sitharaman's Budget speech

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 05:10 PM IST

Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2020 in Lok Sabha on February 1. During her speech, Sitharaman announced major reforms for agriculture and education sector including a simplification of GST system. Here are the BIG Highlights from Budget 2020:

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Budget 2020: Major highlights of Nirmala Sitharaman's speech, as they unfolded

Business | Feb 02, 2020, 03:00 PM IST

Budget 2020 updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented her second union budget with a vision to revive the economy. The biggest take away from her budget speech is the introduction of new income tax regime which will be a major relief for the middle class.

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Budget 2020: PM Kisan may see 20 percent cut in budgetary allocation

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 08:57 AM IST

The reason for this is not to implement the scheme by some states like West Bengal. Also, many states do not have proper data of farmers. The target of farmers availing this scheme has been reduced from 14.5 crore to 14 crores which will mean lower spending and allocation under the scheme.

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Budget 2020: More than 300 items may see customs duty hike in Budget

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 08:36 AM IST

The import duty hike on footwear is a move to thwart the increase in imports of undervalued and cheap footwear. While the majority of imports are coming from ASEAN countries, with which India has a free trade agreement, it is suspected that China is re-routing large quantities of footwear through these countries.

Budget 2020: Bad news! Taxpayers lose Rs 98,900 crore in

Budget 2020: Bad news! Taxpayers lose Rs 98,900 crore in Public Sector Banks

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 05:43 PM IST

Budget 2020: There's bad news for taxpayers as Economic Survey 2019-2020 report makes an alarming revelation. According to the Economic Survey, in 2019, taxpayers' total money invested in public Sector Banks (Sarkari banks) by the government has suffered a massive loss.

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Budget 2020: What women expect from Nirmala Sitharaman?

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 08:23 AM IST

Budget 2020: The last budget, presented in July, emphasised on self-help groups (SGHS) and announced that every woman member of SGHS, holding a Jan Dhan account will be allowed an overdraft of ₹ 5,000.

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Budget 2020: What salaried employees would expect?

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 08:22 AM IST

As Nirmala Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2020, all eyes are on the big announcements by the Finance Minister.

Budget 2020-21: Here's what our bravehearts expect from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2020-21: Here's what our bravehearts expect from FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 08:22 AM IST

Defence of India's territory and interests is of foremost importance. There is no space for any laxity when it comes to keeping our armed forces in top condition. We are a unique country that has battlefields in hilly regions, snow-capped mountains as well as in forests and a variety of other geographical conditions. The challenges around us are many and we have some of the finest armed forces in the world.

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Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present her second Budget today

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 07:23 AM IST

Budget 2020: As the Budget presentation comes amid an economic slowdown, expectations are high that the Union budget could provide the much-needed boost or balm-propel investments and demand and, most importantly, lift sentiment.

Budget 2020: Attention Mutual Fund investor! You can’t

Budget 2020: Attention Mutual Fund investor! You can’t make any fresh investment, redemption today

Business | Feb 01, 2020, 07:03 AM IST

Union Budget 2020: Are you Mutual fund investor? Then this news is very for you as the Union Budget for FY 2020-21 will be presented today. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Budget in Parliament. So, Mutual funds investors will not be able to make a fresh investment or sell their units on the Budget day

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Will Budget 2020 be a one that will revive economy

India | Feb 01, 2020, 10:47 AM IST

Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table her second union budget with a vision to revive the economy. Catch all the live updates here.