Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes

India, Politician
August 18, 1959

Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), serving as the Minister of Defence since 2017 and has served as Member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2016. Sitharaman is India's second female defence minister. She has served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Ministry of Finance and the Minister for Commerce and Industry with independent charge. Prior to that, she has served as a national spokesperson for the BJP.

Our manufacturing in India has grown with a lot of indigenous strength.

Nirmala Sitharaman
Most of the expressions we use in economics are relative terms. All of us are votaries of free trade.

Nirmala Sitharaman

Bringing in timely laws that are the need of the hour requires nimbleness to get through the necessary legislative processes.

Nirmala Sitharaman
The government doesn't go about refuting everything that floats around.

Nirmala Sitharaman
- Government
- Floats
- Refute
If exporters are looking at various factors which influence the performance, the fluctuating rupee will certainly be a factor.

Nirmala Sitharaman
We should be proud of the soldiers who laid down their lives for our motherland. We should be proud of them.

Nirmala Sitharaman
There is something different between defence deal and deal in defence.

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- Different
- Deal
- Defence
A border is a border. I have to be conscious of both my borders. I will also have be conscious of my sea. It is less talked about.

Nirmala Sitharaman
- Sea
- Conscious
- Border

The narrative related to economics is, I think, very well understood even by the common man.

Nirmala Sitharaman
The language of any joint statement between two countries is mulled over many times before it becomes final.

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- Language
- Statement
- Final