Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the Minister of Defence of India since 2017 and has served as Member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2016.
COVID-19: Lockdown in India again? Here's what Nirmala Sitharaman said
India's daily new cases continue to rise as 1,61,736 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra, ...
Formal negotiations on India-EU trade deal to resume next month: Sitharaman
The formal negotiations on both trade and investment agreements will resume at the Leaders' Meeting of India and EU on May 8 in Portugal, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Tuesday.
IMF's suggestion to hasten transition to low-carbon economy should be viewed with low-income economies in mind: Sitharaman
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Global Policy Agenda's suggestion to hasten the transition to a low-carbon economy needs to be viewed in the context of its implications for the emerging market and low-income economies, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday.
India's approach focused on strengthening intra-BRICS cooperation based on Continuity, Consolidation: Finance Ministry
The Ministry of Finance said that India's approach is focused on strengthening intra-BRICS cooperation based on Continuity, Consolidation, and Consensus as India on Tuesday hosted the first meeting of BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors virtually, which was jointly Chaired by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das.
Sitharaman discusses need to enhance financial flows to developing countries in meeting with Kerry
Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday underscored the need to enhance financial flows to developing countries beyond USD100 billion to strengthen climate action in her meeting with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on Tuesday.
No agency was allowed to investigate corruption cases during UPA govt, says FM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday alleged that a huge amount of corruption happened during United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s rule but no agency was allowed to investigate.
Politics of Left-parties depend on corruption, violence, appeasement of minorities: Nirmala Sitharaman
Attacking the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) alliances and other Left-wing political parties in Kerala, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the politics of Left-parties depend on three things - corruption, violence and appeasement of minorities.
Congress questions BJP over 'special status' promise to Puducherry, calls it 'opportunistic politics'
Hitting out at the BJP for promising a 'Special Union Territory' status to poll-bound Puducherry in its election manifesto, the Congress accused the Centre of playing "opportunistic politics", stating that it has been denying special status promised to Andhra Pradesh at the time of bifurcation.
Sitharaman 'putting forward lame excuse of inadvertent error': Congress
The Congress on Thursday alleged that the central government has withdrawn its order of lowering the rate of interest on small savings schemes with elections in "hindsight".
Centre withdraws interest rate cut order on PPF, other small saving schemes
The Government of India withdrew the lowered rate of interest on Small Savings Schemes announced earlier, and now the rate of interest on these will remain unchanged as the last quarter of 2020-2021, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday.
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