Union Budget : Find Out Who Announced It and Who Didn't

Jul 17, 2024 Janvi Arora

Some major changes have been made in union budget till now, let's get to know about who announced the budget and who didn't

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R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947-1948) presented the first union budget of free India

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Morarji Desai (1958-1963) (1967-1969) He holds the record of announcing the budget 10 times

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Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna (1979-1979) He was not able to present the budget as a short tenure

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Narayan Dutt Tiwari (1987-1988) He could not present the Budget since PM Rajiv Gandhi had himself presented the Budget that year.

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P. Chidambaram (various years) He presented the Budget for nine times and holds the record for second highest announcement of union budget

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Nirmala Sitharaman (2019-till now) She presented the budget in Indian union for 2024

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