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

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.

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

So spoke R.K Shanmukham Chetty (alternatively spelled Chettiar), the first Finance Minister of free India, as he presented the newly independent nation’s first full budget to the Indian Parliament on ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday made history as she presented a record eighth consecutive budget, which comes in the backdrop of slowdown in the economy and demand for tax cuts for ...

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 ...

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.

The first-ever Union Budget of independent India was presented on November 26, 1947, by the nation's first finance minister R K Shanmukham Chetty. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BUDGETS: Former Prime Minister ...

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 ...

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 ...