Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget for the financial year 2025-26 on February 1. People have many expectations from this time's budget. According to experts, there may be many major announcements related to the health sector in this time's budget. Apart from this, big changes can also be seen regarding income tax. In this time's budget, the focus of the government may be on making the new tax regime more attractive and profitable. Apart from this, the government can also make changes in the tax slab.

At the same time, there are many interesting facts related to the budget, which many people are not aware of. In this episode, today through this news, we are going to tell you about some interesting facts related to the budget. Let's know about them in detail -

India's first budget
The first budget of the country was presented on April 7, 1860. It was presented during the British rule. At the same time, India's first budget after independence was presented on November 26, 1947. This budget was presented by India's first Finance Minister R. K. Shanmukham Chetty.

Record of presenting the most budgets
The record of presenting the budget the most number of times in the country is held by former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai. He presented the Union Budget 10 times in the House. At the same time, P. Chidambaram has presented the budget 9 times, Pranab Mukherjee 8 times and Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the budget 7 times so far.

Longest budget speech
At the same time, if we talk about giving the longest budget speech, then this record is in the name of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While presenting the budget on February 1, 2020, she gave a speech of about 2 hours and 42 minutes.

During that time, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech started at 11 am. At the same time, she gave her speech till about 1:40 pm. His health also deteriorated while presenting the budget.