Smt. Nirmala Sitharam - A powerful woman

 



Know about our Finance Minister 
Smt. Nirmala Sitharam

Born in a Tamil family in Madurai on 18 August 1959 , joined BJP IN 2006.  She won the Rajya Sabha election on 11 June 2016 in Karnataka.  On 3rd September 2017 she was appointed as the Defence Minister  the second woman after Smt. Indira Gandhi.  On 31st May 2019 she was appointed as Finance Minister who became India's first full time female minister for Finance.  She presented the Union Budget on 1st Feb 2020.   Her husband Parakala Prabhakar served as a communication adviser to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.  Her dedication and hardwork to implement the vision of New India is admirable.  Forbes Magazine ranked her B34th among the 100 most powerful women in the world in 2019.

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