Interesting facts about the Budget every Indian should know

• MORARJI DESAI HOLDS THE RECORD OF PRESENTING THE MOST BUDGETS, AT 10

• INDIRA GANDHI IS THE ONLY WOMAN TO HAVE PRESENTED INDIA'S UNION BUDGET

• R K SHANMUKHAM CHETTY PRESENTED INDIA'S FIRST BUDGET ON NOVEMBER 26, 1947

• A CUSTOMARY HALWA CEREMONY IS PERFORMED 10-12 DAYS AHEAD OF THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR

• MORARJI DESAI IS THE ONLY FINANCE MINISTER TO PRESENT A BUDGET ON HIS BIRTHDAY ON FEB 29, 1964 AND 1968

• IN 1997-98, WHEN I K GUJRAL'S GOVT WAS ON ITS WAY OUT, THE BUDGET WAS PASSED WITHOUT DEBATE

• P CHIDAMBARAM'S 1997-98 BUDGET WAS TERMED AS DREAM BUDGET FOR LOWERING TAX RATES

• YASHWANT SINHA CHANGED THE TIMING OF BUDGET PRESENTATION TO 11AM FROM 5PM IN 1999

• BUDGET WAS PRESENTED ON THE LAST WORKING DAY OF FEB UNTIL 2016, BUT JAITLEY CHANGED IT TO FEB 1 IN 2017

• IN 2017, THE RAILWAY BUDGET WAS PRESENTED WITH THE UNION BUDGET BREAKING A 92-YEAR-OLD PRACTICE