Nirmala Sitharaman

[ad_1] Union Finance Minister and BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference at the party office in Bengaluru on April 6, 2024. (PTI) Karnataka Lok Sabha Election: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has that Bengaluru’s severe water shortage has led to contaminated water reaching people, causing a Cholera outbreak. She alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had halted the central government-funded Jal Jeevan Mission works in the state, delaying…

[ad_1] Mumbai: Lauding the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for its astute management of the country’s financial system at an event on Monday to mark the central bank’s 90th anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out a roadmap for the next 10 years, saying India would need to become economically self-reliant to shield itself from external shocks. Making the rupee more internationally accepted, increasing the reach of banking services…

[ad_1] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman insisted on Saturday that caste and religion played no role when it came to welfare programs in India. The top official also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was looking to go “beyond the caste and religion play” while addressing the Mint India Investment Summit & Awards 2024 on Saturday afternoon. The remarks come mere days before the Lok Sabha elections that will see…

[ad_1] Malegaon blast case accused and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is among the poorest Lok Sabha members of parliament, according to an analysis by election watchdog, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Thakur, who wasn’t given a ticket by the saffron party for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, has declared assets worth ₹4.4 Lakh, the ADR analysis said. She is the third poorest MP in the…

[ad_1] Imagine, if a union minister, that too who holds the finance portfolio, doesn’t have the money to fight polls, how much does a candidate need to contest an assembly or a Lok Sabha election in India? Let’s take a look:  Also read: Nexus of  money, crime continues  in 2019 polls The cost of contesting an election depends on the wealth that the candidate has. But there is also…

[ad_1] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that all major political parties have encashed electoral bonds and nobody has a moral authority to say anything as it was legal and according to law. She also said that in view of the Supreme Court’s judgement against electoral bonds, more debate is needed to come out with a better system for electoral funding. Replying to a question at Times Now…

[ad_1] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has declined the BJP’s offer to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu. As the senior BJP leader put it during a recent media interaction, she did not have the ‘kind of funds’ required to launch a poll campaign. “After thinking over a week or ten days, I just went back to say… maybe not. I do not have…