The Budget session will run from January 28 to April 2 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will deliver her Union Budget speech and table the government's revenue and expenditure plans for the year on ...
Presenting the budget on Sunday— for the first time ever— Sitharaman's speech lasted only for 1 hour and 25 minutes, cementing her 2020 record of delivering the longest budget speech ever.
Nirmala, India's only second woman Finance Minister after Indira Gandhi, had presented the budgets on Saturday twice -- in 2020 and 2025.