Nirmala Sitharaman

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Hon'ble Finance Minister of India

Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist and politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), serving as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India since 2019.

Quotes

• It was in Rajan’s time as Governor of the RBI that loans were given just based on phone calls from crony leaders and public sector banks in India till today are depending on the government’s equity infusion to get out of that mire.
  • Accusing Raghuram Rajan of crony capitalism, as quoted in "Public Sector Banks Had 'Worst Phase' Under Manmohan Singh, Raghuram Rajan: Nirmala Sitharaman". The Huffington Post. 16 October 2019. 

• I don't eat a lot of onions and garlic, so don't worry. I come from a family that doesn't care much for onions.
  • On the rising prices of onions, as quoted in "I don't eat onion: FM Nirmala Sitharaman on skyrocketing onion prices". Business Today. 5 December 2019. 

• Health and education have never been called freebies. No Indian government has ever denied them. So classifying education and health as freebies, Kerjiwal is trying to bring in a sense of worry and fear in minds of poor. There should be a genuine debate on this matter.
  • After Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the central government was providing freebies to corporations at the expense of the poor, as quoted in ""Perverse Twist": Nirmala Sitharaman Slams Arvind Kejriwal On Freebies". NDTV. 11 August 2022. 

On Nirmala Sitharam

• I have just seen the statements by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. I won't like to comment on that statement, but before one can fix the economy, one needs a correct diagnosis of its ailments and their causes. The government is obsessed with trying to fix blame on its opponent, thus it is unable to find a solution that will ensure revival of the economy.
  • Former Finance Minister and Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, as quoted ""Government Obsessed...": Manmohan Singh's Comeback To Finance Minister". 17 October 2019.