Nirmala Sitharaman  

April 1, 2024, marks the 90th anniversary of the Reserve Bank of India. It was established in 1935 under the Reserve Bank of India Act. An event was inaugurated in Mumbai by PM Modi to celebrate the milestone. He talked about RBI's contribution and hard work in making India's banking system strong and sustainable. 

Starting from April 1, the new tax regime will come into effect, bringing many changes and additions. Taxpayers can now avail of a basic exemption of Rs. 3 lakh, which was previously Rs. 2.5 lakh.

The final budget of Modi government’s second term was announced on 1 February. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for the sixth consecutive time.

Forbes recently released the list of the world’s most powerful women for 2023. The list features four accomplished Indian women. Nirmala Sitharaman is India’s Finance Minister. She secured the 32^nd rank in the Forbes list. Previously, she was ranked 36^th in the same list.

Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan says that it envisages several initiatives and areas of focus, aimed at enhancing India's overall competitiveness and manufacturing capacities, which would enable growth, diversification and technological enhancement of India's exports
 

A new central university will be set up in Leh, as announced by Nirmala Sitharaman

ITR filing has been made easy for taxpayers as details of capital gains, income from list securities, dividend income, income from interest on bank deposits will all come pre-filled in the ITR form

Sitharaman said that the plan of the government is to create a future-ready Railways system by 2030, while presenting the Union Budget 2021-22
 

‘During the lockdown last year, PM Modi announced the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojna worth 2.76 lakh crore for the poor and the needy,’ Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said
 

Even as Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her budget, she did not miss out on mentioning the phenomenal performance of the Indian cricket team in Australia, who won the test series 2-1
 

The Economic Survey 2020-21, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, has observed that in spite of an unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and consequential challenges, the industrial and infrastructure sectors of Indian economy are on a fast V-shaped recovery path.
 

Union minister of finance Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the ‘Union Budget Mobile App’ for hassle-free access of the budget by the Parliamentarians

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday promised a "never before" like Union Budget as the government looks to steer the pandemic-battered economy and push growth
 

Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman features on the Forbes list of 100 most powerful women for the year 2020 
 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced 12 new stimulus measures as part of the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0’ package for the economy in the wake of the coronavirus disease pandemic. This is yet another stimulus package ahead of Diwali on Saturday