However, this tradition underwent a significant transformation in 2019, when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman opted for a ‘Bahi Khata,’ bidding farewell to the conventional Budget briefcase. Delhi: ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman received the handloom saree during her visit to the Mithila Painting Institute in Saurath on November 29 last year.

Presenting her eighth consecutive Union Budget on Saturday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a subtle yet powerful political gesture choosing ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a record eighth consecutive ... Finance Minister to have broken away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget briefcase in July 2019, opting ...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented ... Sitharaman got rid of the colonial tradition of carrying a budget briefcase in July 2019. She instead opted for a ...

Nirmala Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman Finance Minister who broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a Budget briefcase and opted for traditional ‘bahi khata’ in her first budget ...

Sitharaman initiated a change in tradition in July 2019 by opting for a 'bahi-khata' instead of the colonial-era Budget briefcase to ... markets are open today. FM Nirmala Sitharaman was clad ...

Nirmala Sitharaman presented her first ever budget as the Finance Minister of India. She chose a bright pink Mangalagiri saree with a gold border. She also broke with tradition by using a "bahi khata" ...

Following this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present ... Ms. Sitharaman had in her first Budget in 2019 replaced the leather briefcase - which was in use for decades for carrying ...

The rally in these stocks came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the launch of a Nuclear ... moving away from the British-era Budget briefcase.

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