February 01, 2024
By Ananya Jain
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is going to present the budget for the sixth time on 1 February 2024. Although this will be an interim budget.
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In 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman, appointed as Finance Minister, presented her inaugural Union Budget in July, marking a historic milestone as India's first full-time female finance minister.
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Nirmala Sitharaman was born on 18 August 1959 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
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On 30 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman created history by becoming India's first female full-time Finance Minister. Before him, late Arun Jaitley was on the post of FM.??
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Nirmala Sitharaman worked as a sales representative at the Regent Street Home Decor store in London.??
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In the UK, he was an economist's assistant at the Association of Agricultural Engineers, a senior manager at PwC, briefly at BBC World Service, and she served on the National Commission for Women.??
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Prior to her Finance Minister role, Sitharaman held significant positions: National Women's Commission member, Minister of State for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Commerce, Rajya Sabha Member, and Defense Minister.
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