Budget 2024: When Record Keepers Became Record Makers
Jan 31, 2024, 10:58 IST
Mukul Sharma
Sitharaman's Sixth Budget
The interim Budget to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be the sixth Union Budget in a row that she'll present.
Most Budget Speeches
Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai has presented and delivered Union Budget speeches a total of 10 times.
Longest-Ever Budget Speech
Sitharaman delivered the longest budget speech while presenting the Union Budget 2020-21 when she spoke for 2 hours and 42 minutes.
Most Words in a Budget Speech
Dr Manmohan Singh, the finance minister in the then-Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's cabinet, delivered a budget speech with the most words. At 18,650 words in his 1991 speech, often described as the most consequential budget of independent India, Singh's record stands tall ahead of Arun Jaitley's 2018 budget (18,604 words)
First Woman To Present The Budget
Indira Gandhi in 1970-71 was the first woman to present the Union Budget.