Discover the intriguing history of India’s Union Budget as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present her eighth budget. From the first budget in 1947 to the longest speech ever given, ...

On February 1, 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to deliver her eighth consecutive Union Budget. Under British administration, James Wilson introduced income tax and fiscal ...

Mathai was a pioneer as he tried to reduce the taxes in a young independent India in 1949-50. Taxes on incomes up to Rs 10,000 were lowered by John Mathai by a quarter of an anna, from one anna to ...

Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty served as the first Finance Minister of Independent India. The country ... expenditure of ₹197.39 crore. John Matthai served as the country ...

She remains the only finance minister to have presented eight consecutive budgets under a single prime minister. First Budget of Independent India: The first-ever Union Budget of independent India ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday made history as she presented a record eighth consecutive budget, which comes in the backdrop of slowdown in the economy and demand for tax cuts for ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday will present her eighth consecutive Budget, which she will deliver from a digital tablet enclosed in a traditional 'bahi-khata' style pouch. Sitharaman, ...

Also Read:Union Budget 2025: When and where to watch So spoke R.K Shanmukham Chetty (alternatively spelled Chettiar), the first Finance Minister of free India, as he presented the newly ...