Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is welcomed upon her arrival by the Indian diaspora settled in San Francisco during her official visit to the USA, at the San Francisco International Airport, today.

Amb Vinay Mohan Kwatra Prakash Iyer Nirmala Sitharaman Nirmala Sitharaman Office Randhir Jaiswal India in SF India in USA DD News All India Radio News PIB India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman interacts with the Indian diaspora at a community gathering held at the India Community Centre, in San Francisco, California, today. The Q&A session was moderated by the Consul General of India to San Francisco

Consul General @srikar_koppupa was honoured to welcome Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Jitin Prasada Jitin Prasada जितिन प्रसाद at San Francisco Airport yesterday. The Hon’ble Minister is on a 3-day

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman met Mr. Anjney Midha 🇺🇸, General Partner a16z, and Mr. Raghu Raghuram, CEO VMware and Advisor a16z, in San Francisco today. The Union Finance Minister discussed the remarkable transformation in technology space

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman met Mr. Thomas Kurian, CEO Google Cloud and his team, in San Francisco, today. They discussed the transformative evolution of India's digital infrastructure under the #DigitalIndia initiative in recent years,

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman met Mr Debanjan Saha, CEO DataRobot, in San Francisco, today. FM Nirmala Sitharaman underlined the steps that the Government of India has taken over years to boost digital infrastructure, including budgeting Rs. 10,300

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman attended a Luncheon Roundtable with various pension fund managers and other institutional investors in presence of Shri Ajay Seth, Finance Secretary Ministry of Finance and Shri Amb Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to the

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman delivers the keynote address on ‘Laying the foundations for a developed India #ViksitBharat by 2047’, at the Hoover Institution Hoover Institution at Stanford University Stanford University, in California, today.

India’s journey to become a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047 is not merely an aspiration but a shared national mission powered by a vision for inclusive, sustainable, and innovation-led growth. Despite the pandemic shock and a banking crisis, our progress over the past decade, anchored

Over the next two decades, sustaining India’s growth momentum calls for a fresh approach grounded in bold reforms, stronger domestic capacities, renewed institutional partnerships and adaptive strategies suited for the evolving global landscape. The last two Union Budgets have

Over the past decade, a significant thrust on infrastructure development has also created a strong foundation for manufacturing-led growth by bolstering investor confidence. This has been enabled by a more than fourfold increase in the Union Government’s capital expenditure

A report by Indiaspora and BCG shows that Indian first-generation immigrants founded 72 unicorns between 2018 and 2023. These unicorns were worth at least USD 195 billion in valuation and employed nearly 55,000 people. More than 65 per cent of Global Capability Centres (GCC) in

Over the last decade, we have undertaken structural reforms, rationalising over 20,000 compliances, decriminalising business laws and digitising public services to reduce friction. Our experience with implementing the Business Reform Action Plan by different State Governments

A vibrant and thriving network of small and medium enterprises is essential for domestic manufacturing to grow. The Government has undertaken numerous initiatives to support MSMEs, from easing access to credit, redefining size thresholds, facilitating prompt payments from large

Some of the works done in India stand out and one such example is that of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and its success. More than a billion digital identities have been created using DPI. Using these digital identities bank accounts of people were created and during

Watch: Smt Nirmala Sitharaman's full address and interaction at the Hoover Institution in Stanford University in California, USA. PIB India Ministry of Finance Ministry of Information and Broadcasting India in SF India in USA youtu.be/8VXhloFLZCw?si…

For working women, maternity leaves has been increased to six months on the insistence of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Two years ago, we came up with a scheme where we increased interest rates on deposits made by women to 7.5% to encourage women to keep their

Landed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This visit will strengthen the friendship between India and Saudi Arabia. Eager to take part in the various programmes today and tomorrow.

Yesterday, I spoke with Indian Consul General Reddy India in SF and expressed deep dismay and concern over the senseless acts of terror against innocent civilians in Kashmir. Too many innocent lives are being caught in the middle of ancient hatreds - it must stop.

Delighted to speak with my friend PM Keir Starmer. In a historic milestone, India and the UK have successfully concluded an ambitious and mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement, along with a Double Contribution Convention. These landmark agreements will further deepen our