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Sitharaman lauds India vax drive, scrapping of Art 370 at BJP national meet

Sithararam addressed a press conference at NDMC Convention Center in New Delhi. She had also attended the BJP's national executive meeting today.

FM asks transport, petroleum, steel ministries to front load capex spending

Sitharaman said infrastructure projects are a priority for the government

FM Sitharaman urges power, coal ministries to fast-track capex plan

The meeting was attended by the secretaries of economic affairs, power, coal and atomic energy, apart from other senior officials

Sitharaman meets UK, Singapore, Canada FMs; discusses collaboration

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Friday met her counterparts in Singapore and Canada and discussed various issues, including economy, health and opportunities for collaboration. Sitharaman met UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Singapore Finance Minister Lawrence Wong and Canada's Deputy Prime Minister & Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on the sidelines of the G-20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers' meeting. "Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman had an engaging discussion with @cafreeland Dy. Prime Minister & Finance Minister of Canada on the sidelines of #G20 Finance & Health Ministers Meeting in #Rome. The Ministers discussed various issues, including economic and health cooperation," a Finance Ministry tweet said. In another tweet, the ministry said: "Finance Minister @nsitharaman met @LawrenceWongST Finance Minister of Singapore on the sidelines of #G20 Finance & Health Ministers Meeting in #Rome ahead of #G20RomeSummit. Noting strong #IndiaSingapore

FM Sitharaman holds discussions with Singapore, Canada counterparts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Friday met her counterparts in Singapore and Canada and discussed various issues, including economy, health and opportunities for collaboration. Sitharaman met Singapore Finance Minister Lawrence Wong and Canada's Deputy Prime Minister & Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on the sidelines of the G-20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers' meeting. "Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman had an engaging discussion with @cafreeland Dy. Prime Minister & Finance Minister of Canada on the sidelines of #G20 Finance & Health Ministers Meeting in #Rome. The Ministers discussed various issues, including economic and health cooperation," a Finance Ministry tweet said. In another tweet, the ministry said: "Finance Minister @nsitharaman met @LawrenceWongST Finance Minister of Singapore on the sidelines of #G20 Finance & Health Ministers Meeting in #Rome ahead of #G20RomeSummit. Noting strong #IndiaSingapore relations, the ministers discussed ...

Shaktikanta Das 2.0: Lifting the skills of RBI staff to be the real legacy

Making RBI's professional skills comparable to the best in the world will not be easy because those who have to be supervised the most - the PSBs - are owned by the govt, which also owns the RBI

Sitharaman to attend G-20 joint finance, health ministers meet in Rome

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the G-20 joint Finance and Health Ministers meeting in Rome on October 29, which among other things will discuss COVID pandemic prevention and response. Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman embarks on an official visit to attend #G20 Joint Finance & Health Ministers meeting in #Rome to discuss measures to strengthen #COVID19 #PandemicPrevention, #preparedness & #response. The meeting precedes #G20RomeSummit, the Finance Ministry tweeted. Finance and health ministers will discuss how to keep momentum on response to pandemic and build on further coordination arrangements between health and finance ministries. On October 29, G20 Finance and Health Ministers will gather in Rome for their first joint meeting under the Italian G20 Presidency. The meeting will be co-chaired by Daniele Franco, Italian Minister of Economy and Finance and Roberto Speranza, Italian Minister of Health. The meeting will be held on the eve of the G20 ...

Stimulus package and reforms have put economy on track: FM Sitharaman

She took part in the annual meeting of the board of governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) via video conference

FM asks civil aviation ministry, DoT to expedite capital expenditure

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reviewed the progress of capital expenditure by the civil aviation ministry and the telecom department and asked them to expedite projects

FM holds meeting with UK Foreign Secy, discussed ways to enhance biz ties

Both discussed possibility of collaboration on green hydrogen to harness the natural synergies in this area between India and EU

Can't guarantee India's concerns will be addressed, says WTO D-G

But assures the long-standing issue of farm, fisheries subsidies will be heard at ministerial

India pushing to get LIC IPO done on time: FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister announced plans to sell shares in the insurer in February 2020, but pandemic slowed the process

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Supply chains for vaccine raw materials must be kept open: Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman has highlighted the need of an international financial architecture to fight the pandemic and stressed on the need to keep the supply chains open for vaccine raw materials.

India in no hurry to unwind stimulus but oil a worry, says Sitharaman

Rising crude oil prices are emerging as a huge challenge and the uncertainty could upend some of her plans to get the economy back on track, she said

Opportunities galore in India amid current reset in global supply chain: FM

India has fully leveraged the potential of digitisation even during the most challenging times, the finance minister said

India's economic reforms seen as "positive step" by Biden admin: Sitharaman

"The reforms that we have undertaken, particularly the steps taken for the withdrawal of the retrospective tax has been mentioned by the United States administration as a very positive step," she said

FM discusses post-pandemic recovery, other issues with World Bank chief

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman discussed the post-pandemic economic recovery and preparations for the upcoming Climate Change Conference among other issues with World Bank President David Malpass

Climate financing continues to be an area of worry, says Sitharaman

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here said climate financing continues to be an area of worry as she flagged concerns over funding mechanism and technology transfer

Biden admin, US companies welcomed economic reforms by India: Sitharaman

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here said the Biden Administration and leaders from the corporate sector in the US have welcomed recent economic reforms introduced by her government. "The reforms that we've undertaken, particularly the steps taken for the withdrawal of the retrospective tax has been mentioned by the United States Administration as a very positive step," she said. "The businesses with whom we have been interacting have also welcomed that decision," Sitharaman told reporters here at the conclusion of the Washington DC-leg of her US trip. From here, she will go to New York for an interactive session with the business community before flying back home. She started her week-long trip from Boston. "Many of them (businesses) thought it was bold and even though it took some time to come. We have also explained that they were legal compulsions before which we had to wait because some of the litigations which were going on had to come to a logical conclusion," s