New Delhi [India], Nirmala Sitharaman, who has been a Union minister in both the 2014 and 2019 Modi cabinets, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Union Council of Ministers at the Forecourt on Sunday evening. Of Rashtrapati Bhavan. He took oath in English.
In the 2014 cabinet, he served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs and later as the Minister of Commerce and Industry with independent charge. In 2017, he was appointed as the Union Defense Minister.
In 2019, Sitharaman took charge as the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
She was the first woman appointed as the full-time Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.Earlier, when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India, she held the charge of Finance as an additional portfolio for a short period.
She was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in the Indian Parliament in 2014 and subsequently re-elected in 2016. He has never contested the Lok Sabha elections till now.
She has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2008.
Sitharaman was born in 1959 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.He did his schooling and graduation in Economics from Seethayakshmi Ramaswamy College, Tiruchirappalli. He obtained a master's degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
After completing his studies, Sitharaman served as Assistant to the Economist at the Association of Agricultural Engineers, UK in London. He later worked as Senior Manager (Research and Analysis) at Price Waterhouse, London. During this time he also worked with BBC World Service for some time.On his return to India, he served as Deputy Director of the Center for Public Policy Studies in Hyderabad. She was a member of the National Commission for Women from 2003-2005 and played an important role in raising various issues of women empowerment.
As Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has presented six budgets so far, including the interim budget on February 1. She became the second finance minister to present the sixth consecutive budget, equaling her record with former PM Morarji Desai. Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, has presented five full budgets since July 2019.Sitharaman surpassed the record set by her predecessors, such as Manmohan Singh, Arun Jaitley, P. Chidambaram and Yashwant Sinha, who had presented five consecutive budgets.
During his ministry, he brought some major changes in the budget process. For the first time in 2019, he replaced the traditional budget briefcase and chose a 'Bahi-Khata' decorated with the national emblem to carry speeches and other documents. Recently, she has been carrying a tablet wrapped in a ledger.
President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, followed by other members of his team of ministers.Apart from his two terms as Prime Minister starting in 2014, Narendra Modi also has the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Gujarat, his tenure being from October 2001 to May 2014.
The BJP-led NDA, under the leadership of PM Modi, won its third consecutive victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP won an absolute majority on its own in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, winning 282 and 303 seats respectively.
PM Modi leads the NDA alliance with 292 seats in Parliament and has emphasized on making India a developed nation by 2047.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay, Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and Seychelles Vice President Ahmed Afif. Will be included.
In the 2014 cabinet, he served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs and later as the Minister of Commerce and Industry with independent charge. In 2017, he was appointed as the Union Defense Minister.
In 2019, Sitharaman took charge as the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
She was the first woman appointed as the full-time Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.Earlier, when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India, she held the charge of Finance as an additional portfolio for a short period.
She was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in the Indian Parliament in 2014 and subsequently re-elected in 2016. He has never contested the Lok Sabha elections till now.
She has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2008.
Sitharaman was born in 1959 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.He did his schooling and graduation in Economics from Seethayakshmi Ramaswamy College, Tiruchirappalli. He obtained a master's degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
After completing his studies, Sitharaman served as Assistant to the Economist at the Association of Agricultural Engineers, UK in London. He later worked as Senior Manager (Research and Analysis) at Price Waterhouse, London. During this time he also worked with BBC World Service for some time.On his return to India, he served as Deputy Director of the Center for Public Policy Studies in Hyderabad. She was a member of the National Commission for Women from 2003-2005 and played an important role in raising various issues of women empowerment.
As Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has presented six budgets so far, including the interim budget on February 1. She became the second finance minister to present the sixth consecutive budget, equaling her record with former PM Morarji Desai. Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, has presented five full budgets since July 2019.Sitharaman surpassed the record set by her predecessors, such as Manmohan Singh, Arun Jaitley, P. Chidambaram and Yashwant Sinha, who had presented five consecutive budgets.
During his ministry, he brought some major changes in the budget process. For the first time in 2019, he replaced the traditional budget briefcase and chose a 'Bahi-Khata' decorated with the national emblem to carry speeches and other documents. Recently, she has been carrying a tablet wrapped in a ledger.
President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, followed by other members of his team of ministers.Apart from his two terms as Prime Minister starting in 2014, Narendra Modi also has the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Gujarat, his tenure being from October 2001 to May 2014.
The BJP-led NDA, under the leadership of PM Modi, won its third consecutive victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP won an absolute majority on its own in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, winning 282 and 303 seats respectively.
PM Modi leads the NDA alliance with 292 seats in Parliament and has emphasized on making India a developed nation by 2047.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay, Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and Seychelles Vice President Ahmed Afif. Will be included.