Sitharaman holds the record for the longest budget speech when her presentation lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes in 2020.

The Supreme Court has been allocated Rs 123.75 crore in the 2025-26 financial year for expansion of its building, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her budget speech on Saturday.

Ms. Sitharaman, however, will continue to hold the record of presenting the maximum number of budgets on the trot — eight straight budgets under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The 2021 budget speech lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. It was India's first paperless budget, presented using a tablet. Ms Sitharaman took a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional 'bahi-khata ...

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