Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reached America on a five-day visit, will participate in various programs

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on a five-day visit to the US from April 20 to 25. She arrived at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday (local time), where the Indian Ambassador welcomed her to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, and the Indian Consul General in San Francisco, Srikar Reddy Koppula. The Finance Minister will participate in various programs during her five-day visit.

The Finance Ministry posted on X and informed about the arrival of the Finance Minister in San Francisco. The Finance Ministry wrote in a post on X, 'Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was welcomed today at the San Francisco International Airport by the Consul General of India in San Francisco, Dr. Srikar Reddy Koppula in the presence of India's Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra and Finance Secretary Ajay Seth.'

Finance Minister Sitharaman will deliver a speech on laying the foundation of Developed India 2047 at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University during her two-day stay in San Francisco from April 20. This will be followed by a fireside chat session, i.e., informal conversation. Sitharaman will interact with top CEOs of major fund management firms during a roundtable meeting with investors and will also hold bilateral meetings with CEOs of top information technology (IT) firms. She will interact with the Indian community at an event of the Indian diaspora in San Francisco.

The Finance Minister will be on a visit to Washington DC from April 22 to 25. During this time she will attend the Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Apart from this, she will attend the second meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of G-20 countries, the meeting of the Development Committee, the meeting of the IMFC, and the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) meeting. During this, she will hold bilateral meetings with her counterparts from many countries including Argentina, Bahrain, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and USA.

Finance Minister Sitharaman will also hold meetings with the Commissioner of Financial Services of the European Union, President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Special Advocate of the United Nations Secretary-General for Financial Health (UNSGSA) and First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during her stay in Washington DC. After this, she will go on her first visit to Peru from 26 to 30 April.