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Nirmala Sitharaman
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- Born 18 August 1959
- Age 65
- Birth Place Madurai, Madras State India (present-day, Tamil Nadu, )
- Profession Politician
- Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party
- In Office Union Defence Minister 3 September 2017 - 30 May 2019, Union Minister Of State For Commerce And Industry (Independent Charge) 26 May 2014 - 3 September 2017, Union Minister Of State For Finance And Corporate Affairs 26 May 2014 - 9 November 2014
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- Bharatiya Janata Party,
- Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 01 Feb 2025
Nirmala Sitharaman has been the Union Finance Minister in Narendra Modi-led government since 2019. She was also the Defence Minister in Modi's last tenure. Earlier, she held the position of Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry, during the first three years of the NDA re...
Nirmala Sitharaman PERSONAL LIFE
| Spouse | Parakala Prabhakar (1986), |
| Education | Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College (BA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil) |
POSITIONS HELD BY Nirmala Sitharaman
| Position | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Member of Rajya Sabha | 26 June 2014 - 21 June 2016 |
| Minister of Defence (India) | 3 September 2017 - 30 May 2019 |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | 26 May 2014 - 3 September 2017 |
| Minister of Finance | 31 May 2019 - Present |
| Minister of Corporate Affairs | 30 May 2019 - Present |
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN NEWS
Congress TN MP: ‘States have views, but as a national party, we'll form an overall policy on delimitation... Problem is govt secrecy’
March 15, 2025 10:39 pm
"A commitment was made during tenures of Indira Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri that no language would be imposed on TN. An irresponsible statement by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan triggered this issue," says Manickam Tagore.
CM Vijayan, Sitharaman meet breaks the ice as LDF warms up to Centre amid fund crunch
March 13, 2025 3:10 am
At breakfast meeting, CM urges Centre to release Rs 818 cr share for Vizhinjam seaport, hike borrowing limits, and enhance aid for Wayanad victims; FM assures him Centre would never deny Kerala its dues
Omar thanks Centre for assistance to J&K, slams PDP: Are we ungrateful?
March 12, 2025 3:31 am
“Are we ungrateful,” he asked, responding in the Assembly to the opposition PDP’s charge that his budget and the L-G’s address were “love letters” to the BJP.
Kerala CM Pinarayi hosts FM Sitharaman for breakfast meet today
March 12, 2025 2:54 am
Congress leaders claimed the meeting, to be held at Kerala House, was to secure a tacit understanding between the CPI(M) and the BJP for the forthcoming local body polls
Gogoi targets PM over ‘absence’, many times Opp didn't allow him to speak, says Sitharaman
March 12, 2025 2:45 am
Speaker Om Birla interjected and said that PM Modi had informed him and the House about his foreign visit and pointed out that previous prime ministers too have undertaken visits during Parliament sessions.
When 750 people died in 1993, even Narsimha Rao didn’t visit Manipur: Sitharaman hits back at Opp
March 12, 2025 5:02 am
There are written records of Rajya Sabha, she said, showing that while demanding President’s Rule in the violence-hit state, BJP’s Sushma Swaraj did not press for the PM’s reply or presence.
International Women's Day: If the country’s Budget is presented by Sitharaman, Delhi’s Budget will be read by Rekha Gupta, says CM
March 09, 2025 9:47 am
Recounting her political journey, CM Rekha Gupta said, “Back when I joined the ABVP, my family did not understand what politics was."
Profit-booking leading FIIs to sell; investments yielding good returns: FM
February 18, 2025 7:19 am
Foreign investors have been relentlessly selling domestic equities since the beginning of 2025. So far (till February 17), they have offloaded Rs 1.04 lakh crore of local shares
BITs should be negotiated separately from FTAs, keep nations’ interests in mind: FM Sitharaman
February 16, 2025 12:39 am
Commenting on the time period for local remedies, Sitharaman said that it becomes a contentious issue while negotiating the BIT as some nations wouldn’t even want to give more than six months
What Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana aims to achieve, how PMDKY will be implemented
February 14, 2025 5:40 pm
The scheme was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 during her Budget speech
