Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget for 2025, marking her eighth consecutive appearance ...

The Union Budget will be presented on February 1, as every year. The budget is linked to the red Bahi Khata pouch carried by ...

Nirmala Sitharaman presents a paperless Budget, carrying a digital tablet in a red bahi-khata pouch, continuing her reformist ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replaced the colonial-era budget briefcase with the traditional 'Bahi Khata' in 2019, ...

India's first full-time female finance minister—made a statement by carrying a 'bahi khata' instead of the traditional briefcase on Budget presentation day. This move broke away from an age-old ...

Aside from the handwoven sarees, a consistent stylistic element in Nirmala Sitharaman's budget presentations has been the presence of the red book. In her initial budget in 2019, the red book took ...