Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) said that her government is committed to ensuring the timely implementation of all Budget announcements made for the year 2025-26. Click here for our full coverage on the Union Budget Speaking at a post-Budget … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Food prices are expected to be under control in the coming year, going by advance estimates of crop output, but the government will keep monitoring prices and act … Read more
Image for representative purpose | Photo Credit: The Hindu Presenting the Union Budget for 2025 in the Parliament on Saturday (February 1, 2025), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed measures to expand affordable housing. Ms. Sitharaman announced that 40,000 units of housing would be completed in 2025-26 to help families which have taken loans to buy … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the inauguration of Mysuru Sangeetha Suganda Music Festival, at the KSOU Convocation Hall in Mysuru, on November 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: File photo Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed out six points to emphasise that Karnataka, and particularly Mysuru, a tourist hub, were not neglected by the Centre. … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hits out at Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who said that NITI Aayog’s “treatment of the West Bengal CM today, although typical of the NITI Aayog, is unacceptable” and said that Mamata Banerjee’s claim is “baseless”, adding that she is making an effort to keep the leaders of the INDIA bloc … Read more
JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy taking oath as Minister at the swearing-in ceremony of new Union government, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: PTI As many as five Members of Parliament, including Janata Dal (Secular) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and the former Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, … Read more
Nirmala Sitaraman, Finance Minister and S. Gurumurthy, Editor, The Thuglak, sharing a moment at the memorial function in honour of B.S. Raghavan, IAS in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN SR Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday recalled her interactions and the advice given to her by former bureaucrat B.S.Raghavan, who passed away recently. … Read more
In his first official meeting since taking charge of the finance portfolio, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Monday. An official source said it was a courtesy call. Mr. Thennarasu took charge as Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management in May this year, replacing … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman | Photo Credit: ANI Finance minister Niramala Sitharaman will meet managing directors of public sector banks (PSBs) on Saturday to review performance against the backdrop of the failure of a few banks in the U.S. and the liquidity crisis faced by Credit Suisse. The meeting is going to take stock … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on February 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 10, 2023 asserted that resources for States have been raised sharply in the Union Budget 2023-24, called out Opposition-ruled States like Kerala, Punjab … Read more