Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present an interim budget on February 1, ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Here are some trivia and fun facts about the Budget

Did you know, India's first Budget was announced in pre-independent India

On April 7, 1860, Scottish economist and politician James Wilson(East India Company) presented the first Budget

India's first Budget was presented on November 26, 1947 by then FM R K Shanmukham Chetty

The word 'Budget' has been derived from the French word 'bougette' meaning 'small bag'

FM Nirmala Sitharaman holds the record for delivering the longest speech (almost 2 hours and 42 minutes) for Budget 2020-21

Sitharaman broke her own record of her maiden Budget delivered in July 2019 when she had spoken for 2 hours and 17 minutes

Former PM Manmohan Singh as a Finance Minister delivered a speech with the most words - 18,650 - in 1991

Finance Minister Hirubhai Mulljibhai Patel in 1977 delivered the shortest speech of just 800 words

Former PM Moraraji Desai has presented the maximum Budget (10) of all time. He was Finance Minister during 1962-69

The least number of Budget presented so far include Manmohan Singh (4)