Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 8th Budget using a digital tablet enclosed in a 'bahi-khata' pouch, maintaining the tradition she began in 2019. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ...

Dressed in a white saree, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman posed outside the ministry this morning with a tablet in a 'bahi khata' sleeve, ahead of her eighth consecutive Budget speech. She then ...

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

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present the Union Budget 2025 in the Parliament today. She will present and read out the Budget through a tab, instead of the traditional 'bahi ...

Budget 2025: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2025 today with a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional 'bahi-khata' (Indian ledger) style pouch as she heads ...

Dressed in a white saree, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman posed outside the ministry this morning with a tablet in a 'bahi khata' sleeve, before presenting her eighth consecutive Budget speech.

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 ...

After presenting her first Budget in 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman described the bahi-khata as a departure from colonial customs, emphasising the need to embrace Indian traditions. "Why did I not use a ...

In 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman—India's first full-time female finance minister—made a statement by carrying a 'bahi khata' instead of the traditional briefcase on Budget presentation day ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her eighth consecutive Budget today, carrying forward her tradition of using a digital tablet enclosed in a red 'bahi-khata' style pouch.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday departed from North Block for Rashtrapati Bhavan, carrying her trademark 'bahi-khata'—a ... eighth consecutive budget at 11 am in the ...