Union Budget 2024:

Interesting Facts To Know

R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

Presented Independent India's Inaugural Union Budget On 26 November 1947

Indira Gandhi, India's First And Only Female Prime Minister To Date, Presented The Union Budget In 1970-71

After Taking Over The Finance Portfolio From Morarji Desai.

Morarji Desai Holds The Record For Presenting

The Highest Number Of Budgets, Having Presented 10 In Total

Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, And Rajiv Gandhi

Are Only PMs Who Have Presented Budgets During Their Tenures

In 2016, The Railway Budget Was

Merged Into The Union Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Presented

The First Completely Paperless Budget On 1 February 2021

The Halwa Ceremony, Integral To The Budget-Making Process,

Signifies The Start Of Compiling Budget Documents