Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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PTI : The commitment to stop buying Russian oil nullifies the additional 25 per cent punitive tariff previously levied, and thereby reduces the effective applied tariff on Indian exports to the US to 18 per cent from 50 per cent.

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| Photo: AP/Manish Swarup : Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, third left, with her team waves to media as she departs her office to meet with Indian President Droupadi Murmu, ahead of tabling the Union Budget 2026-27 at Parliament House in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.

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| Photo: AP : Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, center, displays a red folder containing the Union Budget 2026-27 at the steps of the parliament house before tabling it, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.

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| Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari : Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and her team members outside the Ministry of Finance before the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27, in New Delhi

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PTI Photo/Kamal Singh : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi.

Union Budget 2025: ‘One Crore People Will Pay No Tax’ Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

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(PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post-Budget press conference, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

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PTI : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post-Budget press conference

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Union Budget 2024: Highlights in Pictures

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Pankaj Chaudhary and Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran during giving final touches to the Union Budget, in New Delhi, Monday, July 22, 2024.

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Sitharaman Tables White Paper On Indian Economy In Lok Sabha

Sitharaman Tables White Paper On Indian Economy In Lok Sabha

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Union Budget 2024 Speech: No Changes In Taxes Slabs, Lakshadweep Mention And More | Highlights

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PTI : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the interim Budget 2024-25

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Tribhuvan Tiwari : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the global situation is becoming more complex

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PTI : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman upholds her digital tradition by presenting a paperless Budget, carrying a tablet in a traditional 'bahi-khata' style pouch as she heads to Parliament.

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