Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday challenged the notion that patriarchy hinders women’s progress in India, citing Indira Gandhi‘s rise as prime minister. During her interaction with CMS Business School students in Bengaluru on Saturday, Sitharaman asked if patriarchy stopped women from achieving what they wanted in…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and World Bank president Ajay Banga held discussions on various topics during their meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings 2024 in Washington, DC. The discussions focused on private capital participation in Global Public Goods, energy security, and reforms in Multilateral Development Banks…
NEW DELHI: Amid expectations of easing curbs on investment from China, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said government will maintain checks on FDI in the “national interest,” given the sensitivity in the region.“We want business, we want investments, but we also need some safeguards because India is located in a neighbourhood, which is very,…
NEW DELHI: The portal for registration for the PM Internship scheme went live on Saturday, a scheme that has attracted several large companies and is aimed at enhancing the employability of young men and women entering the workforce.Over 190 companies ranging from Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Maruti Suzuki, Jubilant Foodworks, Eicher Motors, ONGC, HDFC…
MUMBAI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there is a need to delve into facts before attacking the Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch on grounds that Caesar’s wife should be above suspicion. “There’s just no way in which all of us can sit around here and talk about this Caesar’s wife business saying ‘No no… regulators…
NEW DELHI: India will nearly double per capita income in the next five years and will see steepest rise in living standards for its citizens, along with reduced inequality on account of the reforms undertaken by govt, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.“While it took us 75 years to reach a per capita income…
NEW DELHI: Three senior ministers on Monday hit out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his comment that he would not die before PM Narendra Modi was removed from office and said Modi was not PM at Congress’s suffering.After a bout of dizziness while addressing a poll rally in Kathua in J&K on Sunday, Kharge…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court granted a temporary relief to union minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other BJP leaders on Monday by issuing an interim stay on the investigation into the electoral bond extortion case.According to the court’s ruling, Section 286 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),…
Delhi LG, VK Saxena has written to the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, urging her to link insurance premiums of vehicles to the number of traffic violations recorded against the vehicle NEW DELHI: Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena has written to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, advocating for a system that links vehicle insurance…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday responded to accusations of “victim shaming” as the opposition criticised her remarks on the death of 26-year-old chartered accountant. Anna Sebastian Perayil reportedly died due to extreme work pressure at Ernst & Young (EY). Reacting to Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi’s accusation, Sitharaman clarified that…
