Budget Quote by Nirmala Sitharaman

A buyer can buy anything from wherever he gets it cheap. Where will the Indian trader or farmer go in this case? Are we…

— Nirmala Sitharaman

In India, elections happen every year in at least a few states.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

In defence, 'Make in India' is happening in a big way, and it is not happening without orders coming from the ministry.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

Obviously, defence is very sensitive and very challenging ministry.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

I don't think I have suffered for want of being a Cabinet minister. I don't have a Cabinet minister to whom I report. I…

— Nirmala Sitharaman

We value our relationship with U.S.A. and are engaged with them at various levels.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

Much to my surprise, not a moment have I been made to feel, 'Alright, a woman - probably the prime minister wanted to make…

— Nirmala Sitharaman

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

— Nirmala Sitharaman

India lived in hopelessness, as the government was not responsive. It did not know what the poor needed. There was complete policy paralysis. Corruption…

— Nirmala Sitharaman

The Rafale deal narrative that the Congress is setting is a propaganda that has international ramifications.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

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

— Nirmala Sitharaman

With South East Asian nations, ASEAN countries, with some of them, we do have defence cooperation, and we continue with them.

— Nirmala Sitharaman