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Budget 2019: Which FM presented most number of Budgets

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Published : Jul 3, 2019, 7:50 PM IST

Let us have a look at the top 5 Finance Ministers who have presented the most number of Budgets.

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Hyderabad: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting her first General Budget for the Modi Government on July 5. She will be the second women to present the Budget after Indira Gandhi.

Post-Independent India has witnessed different Finance Ministers presenting the budgets.

So far 25 Finance Ministers have already presented the budget, making Nirmala Sitharaman the 26th Finance Minister.

Let us have a look at the top 5 Finance Ministers who have presented the most number of Budgets:

Morarji Desai

1. Morarji Desaihas presented 10 budgets as Finance Minister, which is the highest till date.

P. Chidambaram

2. P. Chidambaram stands at the second position. He presented 9 budgets.

Pranab Mukherjee

3. Pranab Mukherjee presented a total of 8 budgets.

C.D. Deshmukh
Yashwant Sinha

4. C.D. Deshmukh and Yashwant Sinha presented 7 budgets.

Manmohan Singh

5. Manmohan Singh presented a total of 6 budgets as the Finance Minister.

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