Longest And Shortest Budget Speeches In Inidia's history
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The Union Budget has a long history, with various Finance Ministers presenting it over the years
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This year, all eyes are on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present her seventh budget on July 23
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She has been presenting the budget since 2019, with her speeches focusing on economic growth, financial discipline, and social welfare
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Nirmala Sitharaman holds the record for the longest Budget speech in the country's history
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In 2020, she delivered a marathon speech lasting two hours and forty-two minutes (from 11 am to 1:40 pm)
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This broke the record she set the previous year when she spoke for two hours and seventeen minutes
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Former Finance Minister Hirubhai Mulljibhai Patel delivered the shortest Budget speech on record for the interim budget of 1977-78, containing only 800 words
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Former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh delivered the longest budget speech in 1991, with a total of 18,650 words
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Earlier in February, Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the 2024 interim budget in 57 minutes
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