Is Nirmala a good finance minister?

While tax has proved Nirmala Sitharaman’s strong suit, there have been policy negatives as well, including under-performance on privatisation and failure to fix banking mess. Nirmala Sitharaman is proving to be a better finance minister than her initial rookie status might have led people to expect.

Who was the first woman Defence minister of India?

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Name	Country	Mandate start
Indira Gandhi	India	30 November 1975
14 January 1980
Dame Eugenia Charles	Dominica	1985
Benazir Bhutto	Pakistan	4 December 1988

Who is the first full time Defence minister of India?

The first defence minister of independent India was Baldev Singh Chokkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet during 1947–52. Rajnath Singh is the current defence minister of India.

Who is the first finance minister of India?

After Independence, India’s first Finance Minister, Shri Shanmukham Chetty, presented the first budget of independent India on 26th November, 1947.

What is the work of Nirmala Sitharaman?

Union Finance Minister On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the finance and corporate affairs minister. She is India’s first full-time female finance minister. She presented her maiden budget in the Indian parliament on 5 July 2019. Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020–21 on 1 February 2020.

Why was Nirmala Sitharaman finance minister?

A two-time Rajya Sabha MP, Sitharaman created history when she became the first full-time woman finance minister of India to propel the country out of an economic slowdown and address challenges like job creation, mounting bad loans and slowing investment.

What is Nirmala Sitharaman education?

Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College1977–1980
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Nirmala Sitharaman/Education

Where is Nirmala Sitharaman now?

Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She currently serves as the Finance Minister of India. She is also head of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Who was the finance minister before Nirmala Sitharaman?

Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist and politician serving as the current Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India….

Nirmala Sitharaman
In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Arun Jaitley
Succeeded by	Rajnath Singh