10 Interesting Facts About Union Budget

Did you know, Until 1999, Budget was presented at 5 pm on the last working day of February following colonial tradition

Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha changed the timings of the Budget presentation and pushed it to 11 am

Later in 2017, Arun Jaitley started presenting the Union Budget on February 1

Till 1955, Union Budget was presented in English only

Later, the government decided to print the Budget papers in both Hindi and English

Till 2017, the Budget for the Railways and Union Budget were presented separately

After 92 years, the Railway Budget was merged with the Union Budget in 2017 and presented together

Nirmala Sitharaman became the second woman to have presented the Budget after Indira Gandhi

Then PM Indira Gandhi, who also held the finance portfolio, presented the 1970-71 Union Budget

FM Nirmala Sitharaman brought 'bahi-khata' replacing Budget Briefcase to carry the speech and other documents