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Story of India’s Budget: The budget session of Parliament will start today i.e. on 28th January. The budget session will begin with the address of President Draupadi Murmu in the joint meeting of both the houses in the Lok Sabha. At the same time, this time the Union Budget will be presented on 1st February i.e. Sunday, which will be the first time in the country.

Finance Minister Narmala Sitharaman will present her budget in the Lok Sabha for the 9th consecutive time. This will be the second budget of the third term of the central government. Let us tell you that the budget session will continue till April 2, 2026.

Who gave the shortest budget speech in the country?

Keep in mind that after independence, India’s first Union Budget was presented on November 26, 1947. This budget was presented by the country’s first Finance Minister R.K. Presented by Shanmukham Chetty. Let us tell you that there are many interesting facts to the general budget of the country, and these include the shortest budget speech of the country. Yes, do you know when and who gave the shortest budget speech in India? If not, then let us know…

In 1977, Hirubhai Muljibhai Patel, who was the Finance Minister in Morarji Desai’s cabinet, gave the shortest budget speech in Indian history. His speech was only 800 words long. It is said that Patel kept his speech short because the previous government had already prepared the budget estimates, and he had very little time left with the vote on account to meet the constitutional requirement by 31 March 1977.

Who gave the country’s longest budget speech?

At the same time, the longest budget speech so far has been given by the current Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. After presenting the Union Budget 2020, Sitharaman gave the longest budget speech in the history of India. His budget speech started at 11 am and continued till 1:40 pm. Meaning, he gave a long speech of 2 hours and 42 minutes in total. He gave this speech during the presentation of the budget on February 1, 2020. Let us tell you that this was Sitharaman’s second budget speech after assuming the post.

Let us tell you that the speech was so long that when the last two pages were left, Sitharaman’s health deteriorated and the rest of the speech was given by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. With this speech, Nirmala Sitharaman broke her 2019 record of giving the longest budget speech in India. His 2025 speech lasted for 1 hour and 14 minutes.