{"id":65951,"date":"2026-05-25T08:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/wasia-crisis-fm-urges-focus-on-fuel-fertiliser-forex-hits-out-at-critics-for-peddling-pessimism\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T08:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:32:05","slug":"wasia-crisis-fm-urges-focus-on-fuel-fertiliser-forex-hits-out-at-critics-for-peddling-pessimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/wasia-crisis-fm-urges-focus-on-fuel-fertiliser-forex-hits-out-at-critics-for-peddling-pessimism\/","title":{"rendered":"WAsia Crisis: FM Urges Focus On Fuel, Fertiliser, Forex; Hits Out At Critics For Peddling Pessimism"},"content":{"rendered":"
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday called for increased focus on 3Fs \u2014 fuel, fertiliser and forex \u2014 amid the West Asia crisis, underlining that the domestic economy continues to be resilient.<\/div>\n
Speaking at an event to celebrate the 37th anniversary of SIDBI here, the FM hit out at naysayers for creating a cynical and pessimistic narrative after PM Narendra Modi\u2019s appeals on altruism, pointing out that India cannot afford fearmongering and that giving the confidence to people is necessary.<\/div>\n
Stating that India\u2019s policy response has been calibrated to preserve domestic growth, FM said the cut in diesel and petrol excise duties will lead to a revenue impact of Rs 1 lakh crore.<\/span>
Apart from rising crude prices, the fertiliser prices have hit \u201cunimaginable\u201d levels, the FM said, adding that high gold prices are creating \u201csome challenges\u201d on the external front.<\/span>
There is a need to focus on the three Fs of fuel, fertiliser and forex, Sitharaman said, pointing out that PM Modi\u2019s appeals are in this context.<\/span>
However, some \u201cnaysayers\u201d have jumped into the situation, claiming that everything is \u201ccrumbling\u201d, which is not just right, the FM said.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201c\u2018All the good that is being done by the common people themselves, that is forgotten. And a pessimistic, cynical narrative is generated, which is just not right,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cWe should appreciate that the challenges are more externally driven. We must also recognise that India\u2019s domestic economic situation remains positive and resilient even today,\u201d the FM said.<\/span>
\u201cIndia cannot afford fearmongering. We need to give confidence to the people with our words and with our actions,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/div>\n
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FM also highlighted that the issue of Rs 8.1 lakh crore locked in delayed payments for MSMEs is impacting their working capital and growth. She urged public sector undertakings not to exceed the 45-day window to make payments to MSMEs. (Agencies)<\/p>\n

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday called for increased focus on 3Fs \u2014 fuel, fertiliser and forex \u2014 amid the West Asia crisis, underlining that the domestic economy continues to be resilient. Speaking at an event to celebrate the 37th anniversary of SIDBI here, the FM hit out at naysayers for creating a cynical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}