The Latest Breaking News from Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2026 did not speak about girls through emotional slogans. It addressed the real reasons girls drop out of education, remain financially dependent, or never enter the workforce. In her speech and budget documents, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman focused on access, safety, economic participation, and long-term continuity rather than one-time…

There were no headline-grabbing giveaways, no sweeping tax cuts, no “big bang” reforms designed to dominate prime time. Nirmala Sitharaman’s ninth budget seemed to match an economy that, at least on paper, is doing well considering global turbulence, and therefore needs steady steering more than fixing.

Vikram K Doraiswami stressed that his country wanted Indian companies to be able to move staff to Britain ‘more easily’ as part of an agreement, but their focus was on hiring locally

Britain and India have speeded up talks for a free trade agreement amid growing economic instability due to Donald Trump’s tariffs

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves held talks with Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of the 13th UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) in London

Donald Trump later said he would be pausing tariffs on most nations for 90 days.

Exclusive: Question of visas for Indian workers said to be nearly resolved and deal may be finalised this year

Indian finance minister hoping to sign free trade agreement ‘sooner rather than later’

The PM doubled down on his insistence the government won’t change its fiscal rules, describing them as ‘ironclad’ and ‘non-negotiable’