{"id":148629,"date":"2019-05-31T19:07:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=148629"},"modified":"2019-05-31T19:07:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:07:33","slug":"smt-nirmala-sitharaman-takes-charge-union-minister-finance-corporate-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/148629","title":{"rendered":"Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman takes charge as Union Minister of Finance &#038; Corporate Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Delhi,&nbsp; May 31 (Punjab Post Bueau) &#8211; Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman assumed charge as the Union Minister of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-148630\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PUNJ31052019021.jpg\" alt=\"PUNJ3105201902\" width=\"799\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PUNJ31052019021.jpg 799w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PUNJ31052019021-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/>Finance &amp; Corporate Affairs here today. &nbsp;She was greeted at the office in North Block by Minister of State for Finance &amp; Corporate Affairs designate, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Finance Secretary Shri Subhash Chandra Garg and other Secretaries of the Ministry. Smt. Sitharaman is the first woman appointed as the full-time Union Minister of Finance &amp; Corporate Affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After assuming the charge, the Union Minister for Finance &amp; Corporate Affairs was briefed on the key initiatives and policy issues by the Secretaries of the different departments of the Ministry of Finance &amp; Corporate Affairs and was apprised of the ongoing issues and the forthcoming challenges facing the Indian economy among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>BRIEF PROFILE<\/u><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has served as the Union Defence Minister since 2017. She is currently a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) from Karnataka. In 2014, she was elected as Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh. She has also served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs and later the Minister for Commerce and Industry with Independent Charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi,&nbsp; May 31 (Punjab Post Bueau) &#8211; Smt. 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