The tradition of carrying a briefcase for budget presentations in India, rooted in British customs, evolved when Nirmala ...

The Hindu reports on Union Budget focus product scheme for footwear and leather sectors, with Leather Fashion Show highlights ...

New Delhi: Retail Sector Budget 2025: The much-anticipated Union Budget 2025, the first under Modi 3.0, is being presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament today.

Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 8th Budget ... "Why did I not use a leather bag to carry budget documents? I thought it is high time we move on from the British hangover, to do something ...

Budget 2025: Union Finance Minister Nirmala ... a leather portfolio to present the first Budget in 1947. TT Krishnamachari, in the 1950s, carried something that looked like a file bag.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Union Budget 2025-26 will initiate ... Govt to launch focused scheme for footwear, leather sectors Nirmala Sitharaman said a focused ...

Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman Finance Minister, broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget briefcase in July 2019, opting instead for a traditional 'bahi-khata', to carry ...

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Minister ... "Why did I not use a leather bag to carry budget documents? I thought it is high time we move on from the British ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala ... her first Union Budget presentation in 2019, Ms Sitharaman wore a simple pink Mangalgiri saree with a gold border. She had replaced the leather briefcase which ...

Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is delivering her eighth ... For India’s footwear and leather sector, a focus product scheme will be implemented. The scheme is expected to ...