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Union Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is poised to present her record eighth consecutive Budget shortly
Union Budget 2025: Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman with President Droupadi Murmu. (Screengrab/ANI)
Union Budget 2025: Dressed in a white-red Madhubani print saree and carrying her budget tablet, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of presenting the Union Budget in Parliament on Saturday.
The President fed her ‘dahi-cheeni’ (curd and sugar) as part of a customary ritual and gave her blessings.
#WATCH | President Droupadi Murmu feeds Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman the customary ‘dahi-cheeni’ (curd and sugar) ahead of her Budget presentation.Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 8th consecutive #UnionBudget, today in Parliament
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Sitharaman is poised to present her record eighth consecutive Budget shortly as people eagerly wait for a solution to their woes such as price hikes and tax slabs. After meeting the President, Sitharaman held a meeting with the Union Cabinet and got the Union Budget approved.
This will bring Sitharaman closer to the record of 10 budgets presented by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai across different periods. Desai delivered six budgets as finance minister between 1959 and 1964, and four more from 1967 to 1969. Former finance ministers P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee presented nine and eight budgets, respectively, under various prime ministers.
However, Sitharaman will continue to hold the record for presenting the most consecutive budgets—eight straight under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She became India’s first full-time female finance minister in 2019 when Modi secured a decisive second term.