Finance Minister

What is an interim budget? How is it different from a regular budget?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the interim budget for 2024-25 on 1 February. An interim budget is a short-term financial plan covering government expenditures until a new government takes over after the elections

India readies for 92nd Budget: What the first Budget looked like in 1947

An Independent India got its first Budget on 26 November 1947 and it was presented by the country’s Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty. In his speech, he called it a ‘rare privilege’ and a ‘historical one’. But what did the country’s annual financial statement look like then?

Finance Minister meets IMF MD Georgieva on sidelines of G7 meeting

Sitharaman also met Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong

G20 members agree to have 'globally coordinated understanding' on regulating crypto assets, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman and Reserve Bank of India Governor Shantikanta Das co-chaired a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from member countries during the annual spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank

India remains concerned about global economic outlook, geopolitical environment, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Speaking at the Development Committee Meeting of the World Bank-IMF, Sitharaman urged global financial institutions such as the World Bank to continue working towards the vision of achieving a 'world free of poverty'

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman exhorts exporters to 'foresee' impact of global slowdown, engage with govt

Nirmala Sitharaman further said that customs authorities at the borders are keeping a tab on both exports and imports

Indian economy has grown to world's 5th largest from 10th in 9 years: FM Sitharaman

Highlighting the numerous achievements of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government since 2014, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the per capita income has more than doubled to Rs 1.97 lakh

Nirmala Sitharaman gives us ‘the first Budget of Amrit Kaal’: What does the term mean?

It is one of the buzzwords of the Union Budget 2023-2024. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned it more than once in her 87-minute speech, as she spoke about a ‘futuristic Amrit Kaal’. The Vedic-era term was first used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 75th Independence Day speech

Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget 2023 has 'something for everyone'

On Wednesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered her shortest Budget speech so far -- under 90 minutes. But the middle class is not complaining, it has got tax relief. It also focuses on infrastructure push, green economy and more

Who turned up to watch Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman present the Budget?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's daughter and relatives sat in the Lok Sabha visitor gallery on Wednesday as she presented the Union Budget for 2023-24. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was also present, with other Rajya Sabha members, who were seen taking notes