The objective here was to facilitate “optimal allocation of resources”, Mr. Jaitley told the House. The Finance Minister said that in the preceding year, India had been host to “historic and ...

Although the star batter drew enormous crowds at the Arun Jaitley Stadium for the Ranji Trophy fixture, his performance didn't go as planned in the only innings he batted in. In 15 balls ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with President ... Her predecessors, including Arun Jaitley and Piyush Goyal, had used briefcases, a tradition that dates back to the 1860s when British ...

INDIA bloc criticised Budget 2025, highlighting stagnant wages, low consumption, and a complicated GST system, claiming it fails to address key economic issues.

She is the country's only finance minister to present eight Union Budgets ... The Budget was presented by Arun Jaitley, in a speech lasting two hours and 10 minutes. Advisory Alert: It has ...

The Budget speech will be broadcast live on News18 and all other news channels. You can also catch ... she has surpassed former finance ministers like Manmohan Singh, Arun Jaitley, P. Chidambaram, ...

Key historical changes were made in Budget presentations in 1955, 1995 and 2021 to keep them relevant and easy to understand ...

Though finance ministers typically present the budget ... The budget speech with the most words was by Manmohan Singh in 1991, containing over 18,600 words. Arun Jaitley presented the second-longest ...

Her number of Budget speeches is now more than those of former Finance Ministers like Manmohan Singh, Arun Jaitley, P. Chidambaram ... Watch Live TV in English Watch Live TV in Hindi ...

Earlier, finance ministers in different governments, including her predecessors in the Modi government - Arun Jaitley and Piyush Goyal- used the standard Budget briefcase. Before Sitharaman ...

IMAGE: Dr Manmohan Singh, then India's finance minister, gives final touches to the 1995-1996 Budget. Photograph: Rediff Archives I first met Manmohan Singh in 1981. As a reporter for Business ...