Ahead of Nirmala Sitharaman's 9th consecutive Union Budget presentation, let us revisit the longest and shortest Budget speeches in the Parliament to date. Nirmala Sitharaman, India's Finance Minister, is set to present her ninth consecutive Union Budget on Sunday, February 1, 2026. Longest Union Budget SpeechThe record for presenting the longest Union Budget speech ever in the Parliament belongs to Nirmala Sitharaman. Shortest Union Budget speechThe shortest ever Union Budget speech was delivered by Hirubhai Patel in 1977, serving as the Finance Minister during the Morarji Desai-led government. Interestingly, Former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh's budget speech in 1991 contained 18,650 words, making it the longest Budget speech by word count ever.

Source: dna February 01, 2026 07:46 UTC