Nirmala Sitharaman also said that amid a growing global tariff war, India will have to move ”smartly” to guard against possible dumping of goods from countries that are facing higher US tariffs.

Nirmala Sitharaman took over as the Finance Minister of India in 2019 under the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre after former FM Arun Jaitley stepped aside on health grounds. She is ...