Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the Minister of Defence of India since 2017 and has served as Member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2016. Read More
Recruitment examination for filling some posts in regional rural banks (RRB) will be held in 13 regional languages apart from English and Hindi to provide a level-playing field to the candidates, the government said on Thursday. ...
India is set to witness a sharp slowdown in population growth in the next two decades, states the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Thursday. ...
International public finance and private sector resources would have to be mobilised for the "unprecedented" investment required to implement India's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, said Economic Survey 2018-19. ...
The growth of India's exports of commercial services decelerated in 2018 but remained above the world growth rate, the Economic Survey 2018-19 said. ...
The application of 'behavioural economics' can enhance the efficacy of public policies and programmes in India, says the Economic Survey 2018-19, tabled in Parliament by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday. ...
Expressing concern over the massive extraction of groundwater for agriculture, the Economic Survey 2019 has recommended adoption of micro-irrigation systems (MI) to improve water use efficiency. ...