The Narendra Modi government was committed to its mission of empowering rural women, not only through loans and subsidies, but also by equipping them with new technologies to boost their confidence, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. She was addressing a gathering of Flo, the women’s wing of the Federation of Indian Chambers of … Read more
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the BJP is claiming that the electoral bonds scheme was brought for transparency but the Supreme Court had stated the opposite while declaring it “unconstitutional”. Sibal’s remarks came after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a newspaper that the BJP intended to bring back electoral bonds in … Read more
India is prepared to take adequate steps to mitigate any impact of the Iran-Israel conflict on its economy and will “remain alert”, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday. “Can’t say that we are fully ready. As developments unfold, we are preparing to take adequate steps in India’s interests,” Sitharaman told the CNBC Awaaz news … Read more
There is momentum for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the ground in Tamil Nadu, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday, exuding confidence that her party would do well in the southern state in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In an interview with CNN-News18, she also touched upon a wide range of talking … Read more
NEW DELHI: FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday asserted that investigative agencies are free to chase those who contravene law irrespective of their political affiliation, rejecting any perception that the NDA government is seeking to coerce opposition parties into submission by setting the enforcement agencies after them. Speaking at the Times Now Summit, themed ‘India Unstoppable’, … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that all major political parties have encashed electoral bonds and nobody has a moral authority to say anything as it was legal and according to law. She also said that in view of the Supreme Court’s judgement against electoral bonds, more debate is needed to come out with … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday that Atal Pension Yojana or APY has been designed as an affordable scheme with a guaranteed pension amount. In a post on X, Sitharaman noted that the scheme has given 9.1% since inception, which is quite competitive even compared with other saving schemes. “Any upside above assured pension is … Read more
Last Updated: March 15, 2024, 14:09 IST Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Image: News18) On Crypto assets, Sitharaman said, they cannot be currencies and that’s the government of India’s position. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said despite huge fluctuations globally, the Indian stock market has maintained “a certain level of sanity” and the market … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses an audience at the Shrimati Indira Gandhi College in Tiruchirappalli on March 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 16 said India needs economic freedom to achieve developed nation status by 2047 and assured that the country would move to the third spot … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, speaking at the ET Awards 2023, responded to criticism of Electoral Bond Data. Sitharaman rejected the idea that there was a direct correlation between the Electoral Bond data and the ED investigations, stating that it is not fair to assume that every person visited by the ED later came forward to … Read more
