FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s birthday today: Here’s looking at 5 major decisions taken under her Ministership

Sitharaman is the first female finance minister after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who held the portfolio briefly for a year between July 1969 and June 1970.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi named Nirmala Sitharaman, previously the country`s defence minister, as India’s finance minister in 2019– thus making her India's female finance minister after 48 years. Sitharaman is the first female finance minister after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who held the portfolio briefly for a year between July 1969 and June 1970. (Also read --Nirmala Sitharaman, India's first female Finance Minister after Indira Gandhi) Nirmala Sitharaman was born in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirapalli on August 18, 1959. On her birthday, here’s looking at 5 major decision taken under her position as the Finance Minister of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished the Union finance minister on her 62nd birthday, to which the FM thanked him for his "blessings and guidance".