India will maintain its strict investment scrutiny for neighboring countries, Ms Sitharaman said, even as New Delhi improved diplomatic relations with Beijing. The statement was made days before Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to meet at the BRICS summit in Russia. This development comes after both countries agreed on the standardized pattern ...

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament on Tuesday, marking her seventh consecutive budget. Bringing cheer to consumers, she proposed a series of cuts on the customs duties levied on various items. “My proposals for customs duties intend to support domestic manufacturing, deepen local value addition, promote export competitiveness and ...

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds a folder containing Union Budget documents outside the Ministry of Finance in New Delhi India on July 23,2024. The Union Budget 2024-25 will be presented in the parliament by the country’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (photo:pallav paliwal)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet, dubbed with Modi 3.0, has taken shape, bolstering stability in key ministries while introducing new faces in several others. On Sunday June 9, Modi along with 30 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State with Independent Charge and 36 Ministers of State took the oath, marking the beginning of the ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s later disclosure with respect to her choice to reject the BJP’s offer to contest elections has started critical discourse inside political circles. Sitharaman candidly revealed that she turned down the opportunity due to budgetary imperatives. In spite of being drawn closer by BJP President J P Nadda with the choice to ...

FM Nirmala Sitharaman will participate in a roundtable meeting with business leaders & investors, a directive to the importance of economic diplomacy. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister of India, is in Niigata, Japan, for a two-day official tour. On May 12 (Friday), she will participate in a ‘dialogue with associate countries’ in the island nation. ...

The coronavirus pandemic is enormously affecting the world economy. Its effect isn’t constrained to specific geography, religion, culture, or ethnicity, however, envelops pretty much every part of human life. The outbreak of the virus’ has influenced more than 180 nations over the globe, and in India, around 12 million will be pushed to the very ...