At the cusp of history, Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her ninth straight Union Budget on February 1, 2026.
By presenting her 9th budget on February 1, 2026, she will become the first Indian Finance Minister to deliver nine consecutive budgets, surpassing Morarji Desai’s record of six
With 9 budgets, she will tie with P. Chidambaram for the second-highest total number of budgets presented in Indian history, trailing only Morarji Desai (10 budgets). And she is India's first full-time woman Finance Minister and holds the world record for the most budgets presented by a female Finance Minister.