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Centre not considering special category status to states, says Sitharaman
Sitharaman disclosed that the Union govet has received requests in this regard from Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar
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Budget 2019: Sitharaman urged to bring cigarette taxation to pre-GST level
There has been a 32% increase in illegal cigarette trade, increasing from 19.5 billion sticks in 2011 to 25.7 billion sticks in 2017
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Sitharaman takes stock of economic policy, to hold talks with RBI guv soon
Sitharaman took charge on Friday as India's first full-time woman finance minister
Twitterati flood Nirmala Sitharaman with advice to rekindle economic growth
As per Sitharaman's Twitter handle, messages with themes such as the upcoming Budget 2019, disinvestment, new economic reforms such as GST 2.0 have been gaining traction.
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Why PM Modi chose Nirmala Sitharaman for the finance ministry job
The top job in the finance ministry opened up as Arun Jaitley, who held the position during Modi's first five-year term, made himself unavailable for health reasons
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Challenges for Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman had Modi and Jaitley's backing for the role
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Nirmala Sitharaman's appointment as finance minister surprises Dalal Street
The indices recovered lost ground to end with marginal losses
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New FM Nirmala Sitharaman's tweets reveal what she has her eye on
She had a brief stint as a junior minister in the Finance Ministry in 2014, while handling the trade portfolio
Nirmala Sitharaman second woman Finance Minister after Indira Gandhi
Unlike Shah and former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who opted out of this government due to ill health, Sitharaman is seen as a political lightweight.
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From BJP spokesperson to finance minister, the rise of Nirmala Sitharaman
Known as a no-nonsense minister, the Rajya Sabha member's political graph is steep
 "From BJP spokesperson to finance minister, the rise of Nirmala Sitharaman")
Generals, step back
Blurring the lines between soldiers and political activity is good neither for society nor for the military
 "Generals, step back")
Unutilised defence budget mustn't go to consolidated fund: Sitharaman
The long-term perspective plan (in defence sector) is becoming a rolling long-term perspective plan," she said
 "Unutilised defence budget mustn't go to consolidated fund: Sitharaman")
We believe in action rather than mere tokenism, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Govt is sensitive to problems faced by armed forces, says Sitharaman
 "We believe in action rather than mere tokenism, says Nirmala Sitharaman")
Is Sitharaman giving Pak clean chit on Uri, Pathankot, asks Chidambaram
In a series of tweets, the former Finance Minister also asked Sitharaman to locate Uri and Pathankot in India's map
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Rahul misleading nation on HAL's order book, matter of shame: Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman's office tweeted that Gandhi should "start from ABCs" and read the complete report before commenting on it
India, US global partners in defence: Commander as Sitharaman tours Hawaii
Sitharaman described her US visit as part of her endeavour to "take forward the bilateral defence cooperation"
Nirmala Sitharaman urges defence industry to create more patents
Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti to create 1,000 patents each year
Sitharaman protests reporter's 'sarcastic' question on surgical strike
A reporter asked the defence minister at a press conference in Delhi why the NDA government was "tom-tomming" the operation two years later.
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Nirmala Sitharaman blames UPA for bad loans, defaulters fleeing country
She said that under the guise of providing loans to do business, banks were made to lend without assessing factors like repayment capabilities
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US sanctions on Moscow won't weigh on India-Russia defence ties: Sitharaman
Putin is scheduled to visit India early next month to hold the annual India-Russia summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi