Dr. John Mathai served as India's Finance Minister from 1949 to 1950. ... R.K. Shanmukham Chetty was the first Finance Minister of independent India, serving from 1947 to 1949.

Explanation: R. K. Shanmukham Chetty was India’s first Finance Minister and presented the country's first budget in 1947. 2. Who presented the "Dream Budget" in 1997?

The first ever tax slab came into being during the tenure of former finance minister John Mathai. Mathai was a pioneer as he tried to reduce the taxes in a young independent India in 1949-50.

Nirmala Sitharaman is the current finance minister of India. She was appointed as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs on 31 May 2019. She became India’s first full-time female Finance ...

Challiyal John Matthai, better known in India and abroad as Dr John Matthai was an economist who served as India's first Railway Minister and subsequently as India's Finance Minister, taking ...

Biography: How John Matthai, India’s second finance minister, handled the devaluation of the rupee An excerpt from ‘Honest John: A Life of John Matthai’, by Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy. Bakhtiar K ...

The second name on this list is John Mathai, who was appointed as the Finance Minister shortly after the first budget, and presented two consecutive budgets during 1949-1950, and 1950-51. Sadly ...

Finance ministers (FMs), despite their dour calling, do not always follow the bland, understated credo expected of them. This is one message in this carefully packaged, extensively researched tome ...

Free India’s first Union Finance Minister R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1892-1953) was no prominent speaker on personality development. Yet, during his reply to the debate on his maiden Budget, as ...

GK Quiz on Finance Ministers of India: Discover intriguing facts about India's Finance Ministers with this engaging quiz designed to boost your knowledge.

Dr. John Mathai served as India's Finance Minister from 1949 to 1950. ... R.K. Shanmukham Chetty was the first Finance Minister of independent India, serving from 1947 to 1949.

India’s second finance minister John Mathai resigned in protest against the proposed Planning Commission being converted from a technocratic, think tank advising government (much like the Niti ...