Nirmala Sitharaman discharged from Delhi's AIIMS after treatment: Report

Nirmala Sitharaman was admitted Monday with a minor stomach infection.

Published on: Dec 29, 2022, 15:43:48 IST

By HT News Desk, New Delhi

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Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was Thursday discharged from the All India Institute Of Medical Science in Delhi after treatment, reported news agency ANI. She was admitted Monday with a minor stomach infection.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (File image) (PTI)

The 63-year-old minister was admitted to a private ward of the hospital and had undergone a few tests, people familiar with the matter said.

Meanwhile, the government is in the process of consultations to finalise the union budget to be presented on February 1 next year. Next year's budget is likely to be the last full budget of the Modi government in its second term with the next Lok Sabha elections due in April-May of 2024.

The formal exercise to prepare the annual Budget for the next financial year commenced on October 10.

(With ANI inputs)

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