New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday leaves from North Block for Rashtrapati Bhavan carrying her trademark 'bahi-khata', a tablet wrapped in a ...

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

Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 8th Budget using a digital tablet enclosed in a 'bahi-khata' pouch, maintaining the tradition she began in 2019. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ...

She instead opted for a traditional 'bahi-khata' to carry the budget papers. Ahead of the Union Budget 2025 presentation, Sitharaman, along with her team, posed outside the Finance Ministry with a ...

It is interesting to note the journey of the presentation of the Union Budget from briefcase to a completely paperless mode as it is quite fascinating. From Bahi Khata and briefcase to tablet ...

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 ...

However, in 2019, Sitharaman broke this tradition by using a "Bahi Khata", which is a traditional ... Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of the Union Budget 2025 presentation.

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Union Budget 2025: FILE: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman carrying the Budget tablet wrapped in a traditional 'Bahi Khata' style pouch as she arrived at Parliament to present the interim ...

Budget 2025: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2025 today with a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional 'bahi-khata' (Indian ledger) style pouch as she heads ...