The first budget of the third term of the Modi government is going to be presented. Nirmala Sitharaman, who has become the Finance Minister once again, will present her seventh budget, with the presentation of this budget, she will make a new record in her name. The record of presenting the budget the most number of times.
Budget 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Profile: The first budget of the third term of the Modi government is going to be presented. Nirmala Sitharaman, who has become the Finance Minister once again, will present her seventh budget, with the presentation of this budget, she will make a new record in her name. The record of presenting the budget the most number of times. Today, the eyes of the whole country and the world are on the Finance Minister. The responsibility of making the country a developed economy rests on her shoulders. There are many responsibilities of giving tax relief to the employed and making the farmers happy. Nirmala Sitharaman, who belongs to a Congress-backed in-laws and a husband who gives anti-BJP statements, was once again given the responsibility of the Finance Ministry on the basis of her work. She has proved herself every time, let’s meet the country’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman….
Who is Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman was born on 18 August 1959 in a Brahmin family of Madurai. Her father was in the railways and her mother was a housewife. After studying Economics from Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College in Tiruchirappalli, she did post graduation and MPhil from JNU, Delhi. It was here that she met Parakala Prabhakar. Both started liking each other, but the family was not ready for this relationship. Later, keeping in mind the happiness of the children, both were married in 1986.
Job as a sales girl
After marriage, Nirmala Sitharaman went to London with her husband. There she took up the job of a sales girl in a home decor store in Regent Street. After this, she worked with BCC World Service for a few days. After this, she got a chance to work with the audit firm Price Waterhouse Coopers.
How did she start in politics?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is one of the sharp and dynamic leaders of BJP. But very few people know that she is married into a Congress family. Both her mother-in-law and father-in-law have been in Congress. Sitharaman’s mother-in-law has been a Congress MLA from Andhra Pradesh, while her father-in-law has been a minister. Nirmala Sitharaman returned to the country in 1990. In the year 2008, she joined the BJP. Within two years, she became the second woman spokesperson of the party after Sushma Swaraj. She became a familiar face in TV debate shows. In the year 2014, she got a place in the cabinet of Modi government. First she became the Minister of State for Finance. In the year 2017, she got the honour of becoming the Defense Minister of the country. In the year 2019, she was given the responsibility of Finance Minister.
Will make a record
With the oath of the minister’s post in Modi 3.0, Nirmala Sitharaman made many records. She became the first woman to take oath as a minister for the third consecutive term of the Modi government. With this, by completing a full term as Finance Minister, she has equaled former Finance Ministers Arun Jaitley and Manmohan Singh. 1. In the year 2017, she made a new record by being appointed as the first woman Defense Minister. 2. Nirmala Sitharaman holds the record of the first full-time woman Finance Minister in independent India. 3. She made a record by presenting the sixth consecutive budget. Till now this record was only in the name of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. 4. In July, she will go one step further by presenting the budget for the seventh consecutive time. However, the record of presenting the maximum 10 budgets is in the name of Morarji Desai.
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