In November 1947, the nation's first post-independence budget was presented. Learn about the finance ministers of India and ...

So spoke R.K Shanmukham Chetty (alternatively spelled Chettiar), the first Finance Minister of free India, as he presented ...

With Union Budget 2025 around the corner, discussions on income tax slabs, exemptions, and potential reforms are once again ...

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BUDGETS: Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai holds the record for presenting the maximum number of budgets.

The tradition of carrying a briefcase for budget presentations in India, rooted in British customs, evolved when Nirmala ...

Sitharaman, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister, broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget briefcase in July 2019, opting instead for a traditional ‘bahi-khata’, to carry ...

On February 28, 1948 just after independence, Finance Minister R.K. Shanmukham Chetty presented the nation’s first full budget.

She was in 2019 appointed as India's first full-time woman finance minister when Prime Minister Modi won a decisive second term. After Modi came back to power in 2024 for the third time ...

After Independence, India's first Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty used a leather portfolio case on Budget day. Over the years, different kinds of briefcases were used by Finance Ministers ...

Singh understood the power of compromise. “He knew that sometimes taking two steps backward and moving one step forward was ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget for the financial year 2025-26 on February 1. In such a ...