Sitharaman to match Morarji Desai's record

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her sixth straight Budget ahead of the Parliamentary elections, matching the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

Sitharaman, who would be presenting her sixth straight budget, had in her first Budget in 2019 replaced the leather briefcase — which had been in use for decades for carrying budget documents — with a traditional “bahi-khata” wrapped in red cloth. This year’s Budget will be in paperless form, as done in the last three years.

(With agency inputs)