Watch: Nirmala Sitharaman replies to Chidambaram’s ‘competent doctors’ remarks

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday defended the Narendra Modi-led ggovernment's efforts to steer the economy out of a sharp slowdown and questioned the track record of the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance. Sitharaman responded to the criticism by Congress party leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram. Sitharaman said the economy is not in trouble and green shoot are visible. “There are seven important indicators which show that there are green shoots in the economy...economy is not in trouble,” she added.