From 'Black Budget' To 'Dream Budget', Revisiting The Iconic Budgets Of India

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will create a record of presenting the highest number of consecutive Union budgets on February 1. The budget for the financial year (FY) 2025-26 will mark her eighth consecutive annual financial statement, a new record in India's Parliamentary history.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a GST Council meeting at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi. (File image)(PTI)

The BJP leader assumed the role of finance minister after the NDA won the 2019 general elections. The full budget for FY 2019-20 marked Sitharaman's first budget as a union minister. The interim budget for that year was delivered by then finance minister and BJP leader Piyush Goyal, now serving as the minister for commerce and industry.