Union Budget 2024: 10 Interesting Facts
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Union Budget will be presented on February 1, but as an interim budget because it's an election year
Here is a look at some of the interesting facts about the budget and its history
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India's first ever budget was presented on April 7, 1860, by Scottish economist James Wilson
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After India's independence, the first budget was presented on November 26, 1947, by R K Shanmukham Chetty
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hold the record for giving the longest budget speech in India's history
However, in terms of words, the record for longest budget speech is held by Manmohan Singh
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Interestingly, the shortest budget speech was presented by Hirubhai Mulljibhai Patel
Another interesting record is in the name of ex-PM Moraraji Desai who has submitted the most budget proposals - 10
The timing of the budget presentation was changed from 5pm to 11am in 1999 by Yashwant Sinha
Till 1955, the Union Budget was presented only in English. But the Congress government started printing it in Hindi and English
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Arun Jaitley changed the budget presentation date from February 28 to February 1 in 2017
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