Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the first full Union Budget of the Modi 3.0 government on February 1, ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget speech in 2020 was by far the longest, lasting two hours and 40 minutes.

R.K. Shanmukham Chetty is rarely counted among India’s most celebrated finance ministers. Yet, he holds the singular distinction of presenting the first Union budget of independent India.

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 ...

Suddenly we had a new comprehension of affairs, which reminded that the luxury of politics floated atop a foundation by ...

India's new central bank chief Sanjay Malhotra is likely to take a growth-supportive approach over the next few months, as he ...

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

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

His decision to cut the key rate for the first time in nearly five years followed the Modi government's announcement of the ...