Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Budget 2020 highlights: As it happened

As India is facing its worst economic slowdown in a decade, it is expected that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government will announce measures to boost consumer demand and revive growth. Feb 1, 2020
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Why did PM Modi not call Sitharaman for meet with economists?

PM Narendra Modi felt that the industrialists and economists might not be able to openly express their views in the presence of the Finance Minister because they might be uncomfortable in questioning the policies of the Finance Ministry in front of Sitharaman. Jan 30, 2020
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Centre rejigs senior officials, appoints 31 at Joint Secretary level

Of the 31 officers, 20 are from the Indian Administrative Service; two each from the Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS), Central Secretariat Service (CSS) and Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS); and one each from the Indian Postal Service (IPoS), Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), Indian Forest Service (IFoS), Indian Civil Account Service (ICAS) and Indian Defence Estate Service (IDES). Jan 20, 2020