When Pranab Mukherjee stands to deliver his budget speech later this month, he will be inching closer to become the finance minister with most budgets to his name. Who holds the record for presenting the maximum budgets? Read on to find out.
R K Shanmukham Chetty presented India's first budget in November 1947. The entire exercise was more of a review of the economy and no new taxes were proposed.
Morarji Desai has presented the maximum number of budgets (10) as finance minister. He is the only FM to present two budgets on his birthday in 1964 and 1968. He was born on February 29. (AP images)
Yashwant Sinha presented the budget for 1999-2000 in the afternoon. Earlier, the budget used to be presented at five in the evening on the British pattern. (Photo: AP images)
The budget papers are printed in the North Block where the finance ministry is located. Employees of the press have to stay in the ministry till the budget exercise is over. (Photo: AP images)
