Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will set a record by presenting the sixth Budget in a row, surpassing former Prime Minister Morarji Desai who presented five annual Budgets and one interim Budget. The upcoming interim Budget for 2024-25 will be a vote-on-account that allows the government to spend money until a new government is formed after the general elections.
Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman 2nd Finance Minister To Present Budget 6 Times In A Row freepressjournal.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freepressjournal.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With the presentation of interim Budget on February 1, Sitharaman will surpass the records of her predecessors like Manmohan Singh, Arun Jaitley, P Chidambaram, and Yashwant Sinha, who had presented five budgets in a row. Desai, as Finance Minister, had presented five annual Budgets and one interim Budget between 1959-1964.
Nirmala Sitharaman to become the second Finance Minister to present the Union Budget six times in a row thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.