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Meet 27 Finance Ministers Of India Since Independence: A Look Back At The Union Budget From 1947 To 2025
On February 1, 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to deliver her eighth consecutive Union Budget. Under ...
1948: The first full budget of free India
So spoke R.K Shanmukham Chetty (alternatively spelled Chettiar), the first Finance Minister of free India, as he presented ...
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Story of India's 'Budget case' from Gladstone's red suitcase to Sitharaman's red pouch
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 ...
Union Budget: Longest and shortest Finance Minister speeches in Indian history
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget speech in 2020 was by far the longest, lasting two hours and 40 minutes.
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Revisiting India’s First Economic Survey: 8 Key Highlights
The first Economic Survey of India was presented in 1950-51 by Finance Minister Dr. John Matthai alongside the budget.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables Economic Survey 2024-25 in Lok Sabha
The survey pegged India’s growth in the financial year 2026 at 6.3-6.8 per cent. This is in line with the International ...
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India’s first Budget: How it laid the foundation for economic progress
India's Budget history began with James Wilson’s 1860 presentation under British rule, introducing income tax and fiscal ...
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History Of Union Budget From 1947 To 2025: Meet The Finance Ministers Of India Since Independence
The country’s first budget post-Independence was presented in November 1947.Railway Budget was merged with Union Budget in ...