Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Speeches Over The Years
By: EjazUlHaqBhat
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the financial year 2025-26. This was her record 8th straight budget
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Her speech lasted for an hour and 17 minutes, shorter than the previous year's speech spanning 1 hour and 25 minutes
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Here is a look at Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speeches over the years
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In 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman clocked in an hour and 25 minutes
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She presented her sixth consecutive budget (Interim Budget 2024) with the shortest speech so far lasting 56 minutes
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In 2023, Nirmala Sitharaman completed the budget presentation in just 87 minutes
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In 2022, Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech lasted for 92 minutes
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In 2021, her budget speech lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. It was India's first paperless budget, presented using a tablet
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In 2020, she set a record with the longest speech in India's history, lasting two hours and 41 minutes
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In 2019, she delivered her first Budget speech in the parliament, one of the longest ever. It lasted two hours and 17 minutes
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