Nirmala Sitharaman: 5 Interesting facts you must know
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Nirmala Sitharaman, India's Defence Minister, is only the second woman after Indira Gandhi to hold this role.
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As Finance Minister in 2021, Sitharaman delivered India's longest budget speech, lasting two hours and 40 minutes.
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Sitharaman broke records by presenting seven consecutive Union Budgets, surpassing her predecessors Yashwant Sinha, Arun Jaitley, Manmohan Singh, and P. Chidambaram.
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She is the first full-time female Finance Minister and has surpassed the six-budget record of former Finance Minister Morarji Desai.
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She has played a pivotal role in shaping India's economic policies and has been instrumental in introducing key reforms during her tenure as Finance Minister.