From Evening Budget To No Halwa Ceremony — Budget Traditions That Have Changed Over Time

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on February 1 present her 4th straight Union Budget when she presents financial statements and tax proposals for the fiscal year 2022-23.

From the shift in date to shift in the time of day when the Union Budget is presented, see the changes in tradition that are followed during presentation of the Union Budget.

Manmohan Singh presenting the Union Budget in 1995, when it would be presented during the evening time (left), Yashwant Sinha was the first minister to present the Union Budget in the morning time (right) | Images: AFP

Former Finace Minister presenting the Union Budget on February 26, 2010 (left). Former Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presenting the Union Budget on February 1, 2019. This practice of changing the date from last day of February to the first day was started by former Finance Minister Arun Jaitely in 2016 | Images: Getty