Budget 2018: It was not the month of February, not the morning hour, and certainly not an independent India when the first Budget was presented. On April 7, 1860, the then Finance Minister of ...

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the first full Union Budget of the Modi 3.0 government on Saturday, making history with her eighth consecutive budget. The budget ...

Looking at the history of India's budget and Finance Minister's speech. Nirmala Sitharaman continues to hold the position of the longest-budget speech in the year 2020. 1. FM Nirmala Sitharaman ...

The Liberalisation Revolution (1980s-1990s): The 1991 Budget, presented by then Finance Minister Manmohan Singh, is widely regarded as a turning point in India’s economic history. It introduced ...

On April 7, 1860, the first-ever Budget of India was presented by Scottish economist James Wilson. Income Tax was then introduced in budget that still remains a major source of revenue generation.

Mention of the word 'services' in Budget speeches remained an on-and-off affair till the mid-1990s after which there was a sharp spike. As outsourced jobs came to Indian shores, finance ministers ...

With the President of India Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the Parliament today, the Budget Session has already kickstarted and interim finance minister Piyush Goyal is set to introduce the ...