With this ninth consecutive budget, Sitharaman moves closer to the overall record of 10 budgets held by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai, though Desai's presentations were not all consecutive.
Sitharaman is set to present her ninth consecutive Union Budget, which will see her equal former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's record and surpass that of Pranab Mukherjee. Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai continues to hold the record for presenting the most Union Budgets in indepen
Sitharaman is set to present her ninth consecutive Union Budget, which will see her equal former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's record and surpass that of Pranab Mukherjee. Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai continues to hold the record for presenting the most Union Budgets in indepen
They also appealed to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take women's interests into account while framing the budget, saying that steps to support household budgets and women's economic security would provide much-needed relief to middle-class families.
States' consolidated gross fiscal deficit increased to 3.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024-25, after remaining below 3.0 per cent during the previous three consecutive years, Reserve Bank's annual publication "State Finances: A Study of Budgets" noted.
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