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Job creation, redefining skills most pressing issue globally amid rapid tech changes: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Job creation, redefining skills most pressing issue globally amid rapid tech changes: Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stressed that job creation is the most critical issue worldwide, particularly given the persistent economic challenges and…

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Curbs on FDI from border nations to stay: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
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Curbs on FDI from border nations to stay: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: India will maintain its curbs on foreign direct investment (FDI) from bordering nations in national interests, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, stressing that…

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Xi-Modi breakthrough followed months of pressure by India CEOs
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Xi-Modi breakthrough followed months of pressure by India CEOs

After a 2020 border clash killed at least 20 Indian soldiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a range of steps to block investment from China,…

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India to retain investment curbs on border nations despite China deal
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India to retain investment curbs on border nations despite China deal

India will retain investment curbs on bordering nations, the finance minister said, days after it struck a pact with China on patrols along their disputed…

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India wouldn't be fastest-growing economy if people hadn't utilised digital infrastructure: Nirmala Sitharaman
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India wouldn’t be fastest-growing economy if people hadn’t utilised digital infrastructure: Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that India wouldn’t have been the fastest-growing economy if the people hadn’t utilized the digital infrastructure. The minister emphasized the…

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Finance Minister Sitharaman courts US investors with promises of high growth and long-term returns in India
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Finance Minister Sitharaman courts US investors with promises of high growth and long-term returns in India

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said India is poised to sustain its high growth trajectory and boost its contribution to global growth,…

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India poised to sustain growth trajectory, likely to be world's 3rd-largest economy by 2027: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
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India poised to sustain growth trajectory, likely to be world’s 3rd-largest economy by 2027: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said India is poised to continue its growth trajectory and is likely to become the world’s third-largest economy by…

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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman calls on US investors to tap opportunities in India
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman calls on US investors to tap opportunities in India

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday pitched the India story to a large group of pension funds and institutional investors in the US and impressed…

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Govt pushing all levers to sustain high economic growth: FM Sitharaman
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Govt pushing all levers to sustain high economic growth: FM Sitharaman

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government is simultaneously “pushing all levers” to sustain the current high growth rate, and the country’s economic…

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Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Ministry of Finance-X)
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FM terms EU’s carbon tax as ‘trade barrier’

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday termed the European Union’s decision to impose a carbon tax on Indian products such as steel and cement “unilateral”,…

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