Tag: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Finance Minister reviews the economic situation at FSDC meet
The Q2 GDP growth is expected in November end and it will be the decider to see what further directions and policy measures are needed.
November 7, 2019 -
Truck operators want waiver in loan EMIs, say sector going through critical phase
The industry is crippled with poor income and the operators are facing difficulties in running their businesses. Paying the full EMI amount is becoming difficult for us. On failure of EMI payment, the financiers are taking back the vehicles from the operators: Sajal Ghosh.
November 6, 2019 -
Government committed to reform co-operative banks: Nirmala Sitharaman
She, however, said the government is not coming up with a complete solution immediately but it is moving towards better supervision and regulation for cooperative banks.
November 6, 2019 -
‘Will push forward reforms that missed the bus last time’: Sitharaman
Hitting out at those who blocked the government from carrying out reforms in its first term, she admitted that the numbers were limited (in the Upper House) and the country paid the price for that.
November 6, 2019 -
President Kovind rushes to help policewoman who twisted her ankle
He was accompanied by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur, who too were present at the occasion.
October 29, 2019 -
Haryana polls: BJP to elect Legislature Party leader in Haryana on Saturday
As per the BJP National General Secretary Anil Jain, the meeting will be held at 11 am in Chandigarh.
October 25, 2019 -
Will prepare ‘blueprint’ for companies looking beyond China: Nirmala Sitharaman
Sitharaman said, it might be important for the government to now see and meet up with a lot of industry leaders and invite them to India.
October 20, 2019 -
Lack of quota increase from International Monetary Fund disappointing: Nirmala Sitharaman
The quotas are distributed according to a four pronged formula that considers a member country’s GDP, its economic openness, its “economic variability” and international reserves.
October 20, 2019 -
India to spend $1.4 trillion on infrastructure in next five years: Nirmala Sitharaman
As the Finance minister faces the mammoth task of pulling out the country out of a plunging economic growth, Sitharaman has been reacting to critics and former advisors like Raghuram Rajan, Manmohan Singh, and Abhijit Banerjee.
October 20, 2019 -
Manmohan Singh ‘looked the other way’ as UPA govt supported ‘crony capitalism’: Sitharaman
Her remarks came hours after former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that the Government is 'obsessed with trying to fix blame on its opponents' for economic slowdown
October 18, 2019 -
India remains fastest growing economy despite IMF projections: Nirmala Sitharaman
As against India's real growth rate of 6.8 per cent in 2018, the IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday, projected the country's growth rate at 6.1 per cent for 2019 and noted that the Indian economy is expected to pick up at 7 per cent in 2020.
October 18, 2019 -
Govt obsessed with trying to fix blame on opponents: Manmohan Singh in comeback to FM
The Congress leader's remarks come after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Public Sector Banks had their worst time during economists Manmohan Singh and Raghuram Rajan’s time.
October 17, 2019 -
‘No better place’, India ‘democracy-loving, capitalist-respecting’: FM to foreign investors
Responding to a question on why investors should allocate funds for India, Sitharaman said that even if the court system is a bit delayed, India is a transparent and open society.
October 17, 2019 -
India is committed to ‘bold’ climate change, better than most: Sitharaman
Minister said that in a bid to fulfill its commitment to tackle climate change India has focused on generation of renewable energy.
October 17, 2019 -
J-K women, Dalits ignored in past, now human rights a ‘global buzzword’: Sitharaman on Article 370
On the massive restrictions placed in the state, the Finance Minister claimed that it was only for the first week after the removal of Article 370.
October 17, 2019 -
Public Sector Banks’ worst time under Manmohan Singh and Raghuram Rajan: Nirmala Sitharaman
Speaking at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York, Sitharaman said that giving all the public sector banks a “lifeline" is her primary duty.
October 16, 2019 -
‘Follow Narsimha Rao-Manmohan Singh’s economic model’: Open critique by FM’s spouse leaves BJP red-faced
The Congress, also jumped the bandwagon and lost no time in attacking the government.
October 14, 2019