Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on an official visit to Bangkok from 14 to 18 October with a packed schedule of multilateral and bilateral meetings.

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• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on an official visit to Bangkok from 14 to 18 October 2026.
• She will attend the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.
• She will also take part in the G20 and G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings.
• Bilateral meetings are planned with counterparts from Thailand, Switzerland, Japan, Luxembourg, Bhutan and Curacao.
• She will also meet IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
• The IMF's October 2026 World Economic Outlook, released around the meetings, raised India's 2026-27 growth forecast to 7% from 6.4%.
• The Fund sees global growth for 2026 at 3.1%.