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February 1, 2024
Budget 2024: After the British rule, Independent India’s first finance minister RK Shankmukham Chetty carried the first Budget papers in a leather portfolio bag to the Parliament.
January 30, 2024
From traditional colonial era briefcases to bahi khata and modern-day tablet, the Budget has been presented in various forms throughout the years.
January 30, 2024
From traditional colonial era briefcases to bahi khata and modern-day tablet, the Budget has been presented in various forms throughout the years.
January 23, 2024
For decades, finance ministers have been photographed carrying a briefcase into Parliament for the presentation of the Union Budget.
January 23, 2023
The first budget to be presented after the COVID-19 pandemic saw the Bahi Khata getting a digital makeover with a tablet being used this time.
February 1, 2022
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present Budget 2022 in a paperless format like last year. She was seen this morning carrying a tablet encased in a red sleeve with the national emblem embossed on it.
January 17, 2022
When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her first Union Budget in 2019, she drew the nation's attention by replacing the budget briefcase with the "bahi khata". The decision to opt for the bahi khata appeared to be a move to dump the colonial practice of carrying a briefcase.