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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India is not considering allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trading in the current circumstances, the government said on Wednesday. “At the moment, India can create several Walmarts of its own. We welcome
Explaining the new criteria, Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Industry Minister, said a start-up would now need only a certificate of recognition from the government to enjoy these benefits.
New Delhi: With Britain deciding to exit the European Union (EU), India will have to rework the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the single-currency bloc, a top government official has said. “My interest will
New Delhi: Concerned over a widening trade deficit with South Korea, India on Saturday sought greater market access in sectors such as agriculture, marine, IT and healthcare in the East-Asian nation. The issue, among others,
New Delhi: To seek more clarity, the Commerce Ministry will discuss the issue of exempting Apple from local sourcing norms with the Finance Ministry, which has rejected the proposal, even as the former is against
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday released its list of 12 candidates for the biennial elections from nine states to the Rajya Sabha, including union ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Chaudhary Birender
The Indian economy is undoubtedly doing well despite various problems and bad weather conditions that impacted agriculture.
New Delhi: Over 31 lakh households are connected with piped natural gas across the country and efforts are on to expand the city gas distribution networks (CGD), Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today. "Government has
New Delhi: India has been constantly taking up the US visa fee hike matter with the American authorities and the country has also raised the matter in the WTO's dispute settlement body, Parliament was informed
New Delhi: India has been consistently raising its concerns with the UK about the new British immigration law, which will impact domestic professionals earning below 35,000 pounds annually, Parliament was informed today. In 2012, the
New Delhi: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was today critical of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan's description of Indian economy as the "one-eyed king in the land of the blind", saying better words should have been used.
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman has come down heavily on those having sympathy for JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar who is facing sedition charges and is currently out on interim bail.
India will convey its concerns to the UK authorities about the new British immigration law which will impact professionals earning below 35,000 pounds annually.
Mumbai: Foreign direct investment in India has been growing around 48 percent despite the global economic slowdown that has seen FDI declining elsewhere, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday."FDI in the world is falling...
New Delhi: India negotiated hard at the WTO's recent Nairobi ministerial meeting to ensure that the interests of developing countries remain at the centre of the multi-lateral trade body's agenda, parliament was informed on Tuesday."India
Nairobi: Any consensus was elusive at the WTO tonight on major agriculture-related issues as India lodged a strong protest against any move to eliminate farm export subsidies without safeguarding the interest of developing nations.The disagreement
Nairobi: India today expressed fear that the WTO's Doha Development Agenda (DDA) appears to be in “jeopardy” and stressed that history will “judge us (WTO ministers) poorly” if inequities in global trade are allowed to
New Delhi: The government is taking steps to increase India's total exports to USD 900 billion by 2020, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. She said the government is taking steps "to facilitate
Washington: India and the US have agreed to continue their engagement on the vexed issue of a totalization agreement for the purpose of avoiding double taxation of income with respect to social security taxes."There is
New Delhi: Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that government will import another 2,000 ton of pulses as part of its efforts to bring down prices. "We will be putting tender for import of additional 2,000
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