Nirmala Sitharaman in twitter spat with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw; says she is working on the economy

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday defended her handling of the economy saying she has been working on measures to revive the growth from a six-year low.

Sitharaman, who is not known to reply to comments made on her twitter handle, instantly choose to respond to drug-maker Biocon Chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's criticism of lack of fiscal measures to support growth.

"As Finance Minister — you might've observed — I've been working on and regularly speaking about measures we've been taking on matters of the economy," Sitharaman posted in a three-part tweet.