We are converting crisis into opportunity, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

People have every right to think whether fiscal support was adequate or whether it wasn't. As regards any further help or stimulus, I've kept my options open, said FM Sitharaman

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Nirmala Sitharaman | Nirmala Sitharaman interview | Finance Ministry

Indivjal Dhasmana & Shyamal Majumdar  |  New Delhi 

All eyes are now on the second tranche of stimulus measures from the government. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tells Indivjal Dhasmana & Shyamal Majumdar that the government is willing to spend but is yet to take a call on the timing and quantum.

She does not agree with the allegations that the relation between the Centre and states has deteriorated during the second stint of the Narendra Modi government. She also rebuts criticism of the government over farm and FCRA Bills, recently passed by Parliament. While reiterating that the government is against retrospective amendments, she ...

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First Published: Thu, October 01 2020. 06:05 IST
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