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

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began work on Saturday by taking detailed briefings from four of five departments of the finance ministry. The minister is also expected to hold talks with Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das soon. 

Sitharaman was briefed on the major policy work that the finance ministry is dealing with, including the upcoming Union Budget 2019-20, the Centre’s fiscal road map and borrowing programme, the government’s bank consolidation plans, efforts to recover black money, the liquidity concerns in non-banking financial sector, central flagship schemes and expenditure, capital expenditure, and direct tax and goods and service tax projections.