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FM Nirmala Sitharaman meets Nepalese counterpart Wagle, discusses flood recovery

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a meeting with her Nepalese counterpart Swarnim Wagle, in New Delhi on September 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (September 17, 2026) met her Nepalese counterpart Swarnim Wagle in New Delhi and discussed the impact of the recent flash floods in Nepal and…

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Nirmala Sitharaman in U.S. Asheville city for G-20 finance ministerial meet

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Nirmala Sitharaman in U.S. Asheville city for G-20 finance ministerial meet

Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman during a meeting with 3M Chairman and CEO William Brown on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting, in Asheville. | Photo Credit: X/@FinMinIndia via PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in the U.S. city of Asheville in North Carolina for the G-20…

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Manufacture in India, build for world: FM Sitharaman

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Manufacture in India, build for world: FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman invited global investors to set up manufacturing bases, and technology and innovation centres in India, urging them to leverage talent and opportunity to build for the world. Addressing a high-level Business Roundtable with leading investors and business leaders in Chicago on Friday (August 28, 2026), Ms. Sitharaman highlighted India’s broad-based growth,…

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Budget 2026: Nirmala Sitharaman extends tax exemption on capital goods used to make lithium-ion cells for battery storage

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Budget 2026: Nirmala Sitharaman extends tax exemption on capital goods used to make lithium-ion cells for battery storage

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Eschewing big-ticket announcements, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (February 1, 2026) resorted to a series of customs duty exemptions in the Union Budget to encourage domestic manufacturers of clean-energy components, including lithium-ion batteries and solar cells. The basic customs duty on sodium antimonate,…

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Government to soon announce high-level panel on ‘Banking for Viksit Bharat’

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Government to soon announce high-level panel on ‘Banking for Viksit Bharat’

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others during the inaugural session of the two-day ‘PSB Confluence’ (PSB Manthan) ideation conclave organized by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), in New Delhi | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday (August 17, 2026) said the government would soon constitute a high-level panel on ‘Banking…

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Government approves introduction of one billion polymer banknotes of ₹10 and ₹20

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Government approves introduction of one billion polymer banknotes of ₹10 and ₹20

The government has approved the introduction of one billion polymer banknotes of ₹10 and ₹20 for field trials, Parliament was informed on Tuesday (August 11, 2026). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), with the recommendation of its central board, had sent a proposal to the government in terms of Section 25 of the Reserve Bank…

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Indian economy to hit $5-trillion mark in FY29 as per IMF: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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Indian economy to hit -trillion mark in FY29 as per IMF: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Indian economy is set to cross $5-trillion mark in FY29 as per the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government has adopted a broad-based growth strategy to achieve the milestone, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday (August 4, 2026). As per the World Economic Outlook database (April 2026) published by…

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LIC pays ₹12,207.25 crore dividend to government

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LIC pays ₹12,207.25 crore dividend to government

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman receives a dividend cheque of ₹12,207 crore for FY 2025-26 from Life Insurance Corporation of India CEO and MD R. Doraiswamy, in New Delhi on Wednesday (July 29, 2026). | Photo Credit: ANI State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Wednesday (July 29, 2026) paid ₹12,207.25 crore dividend to…

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State borrowings must focus on asset creation, not just revenue expenditure: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

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State borrowings must focus on asset creation, not just revenue expenditure: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman graces the unveiling ceremony of the new book, titled ‘Daughters of Kanchi – The SSKV Story’, on the 120th anniversary of the SSKV Group at SSKV College of Arts & Science for Women in Kilambi, Kanchipuram, on Thursday (June 25, 2026). Photo Credit: X@nsitharamanoffc Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday…

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Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Northeast’s largest spice processing plant in Meghalaya

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Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Northeast’s largest spice processing plant in Meghalaya

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Northeast India’s largest organic spice processing plant in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district in the company of Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and his Sikkim counterpart Prem Singh Tamang on Friday, June 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (June 19, 2026) inaugurated the…

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