Union Budget 2024-25: Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget for a record seventh time in a row

The monsoon session of Parliament started on July 22 with the tabling of Economic Survey 2023-24.

Updated - July 23, 2024 10:04 am IST

Published - July 22, 2024 07:39 pm IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Pankaj Chaudhary and full budget team during giving final touches to the Union Budget 2024-25, in New Delhi on July 22, 2024.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Pankaj Chaudhary and full budget team during giving final touches to the Union Budget 2024-25, in New Delhi on July 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23, 2024.

It will be a record seventh consecutive Budget presentation for Ms. Sitharaman.

Also read: Budget 2024 LIVE News, highlights: July 23

Previously, Morarji Desai presented the Union Budget for six times consecutively. Interestingly, Morarji Desai presented Budgets for record 10 times followed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram 9 times.

The former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented five consecutive Budgets in a row between 1991 and 1995. Pranab Mukherjee also presented Budgets for five times consecutively out of his 8 presentations.

The monsoon session of parliament started on July 22 with the tabling of Economic Survey 2023-24.

The Lok Sabha’s business advisory committee decided to discuss issues related to the ministries of railways, education, health, MSME, and food processing besides the Union Budget.

A total of 20 hours has been allocated for the debate on the Budget.

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