2025The latest budget presentation was one hour and 14 minutes long. This year the focus was on democracy, demography and demand. One of the key features was that no income tax will be payable till annual income of Rs 12 lakh.
July 2024The Budget presented by FM Sitharaman went on for one hour and 25 minutes. The outlay was raised by 11.1 per cent to Rs 11,11,111 crore, accounting for 3.4 per cent of India’s GDP. She had announced a significant increase in capital expenditure.
February 2024Lasting for 56 minutes, this budget speech is FM Sitharaman’s shortest budget speech. This budget focused on infrastructure development, with significant allocations to boost connectivity, transportation, and urban development.
2023FM Sitharaman’s speech lasted for one hour and 27 minutes. The main feature was the introduction of the new income tax regime with revised tax slabs and an increased rebate limit of up to Rs 7 lakh.
2022One hour and 32 minutes long budget presentation marked Sitharaman’s fourth budget in 2022. The main focus of this budget laid on the digital economy and infrastructure.
2021In 2021, the budget speech lasted for one hour and 50 minutes. This was the first time that India presented a paperless budget to the Parliament.
2020FM Sitharaman’s second budget was two hours and 42 minutes long. It is the longest budget speech in India’s history.
2019FM Sitharaman presented her first Union Budget in 2019 that went on for two hours and 17 minutes. One of the main features of this budget was the introduction of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, providing Rs 6,000 annually to small farmers
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