In November 1947, the nation's first post-independence budget was presented. Learn about the finance ministers of India and the specifics of their budget presentations since independence.

So spoke R.K Shanmukham Chetty (alternatively spelled Chettiar), the first Finance Minister of free India, as he presented the newly independent nation’s first full budget to the Indian Parliament on ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the first full Union Budget of the Modi 3.0 government on February 1, 2025. This will be her eig ...

India's new central bank chief Sanjay Malhotra is likely to take a growth-supportive approach over the next few months, as he ...

Sitharaman, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister, broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget briefcase in July 2019, opting instead for a traditional ‘bahi-khata’, to carry ...

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the national budget on Feb. 1, in what would be the coalition government's first full-year budget after assuming power in June. The budget comes ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s address in Parliament, stating that it provides a ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her eighth consecutive Union Budget, moving closer to Morarji Desai’s record of ten.

His decision to cut the key rate for the first time in nearly five years followed the Modi government's announcement of the ...