Budget presentation: - From briefcase to tablet, this is how the presentation of the budget changed

Our country's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the general budget for the financial year 2023-24 on February 1. The journey of the budget presentation started with a briefcase and then there were many changes to it. Budget is considered very important. In the last nine years, the government of our country has changed many traditions related to the budget. So let's know some special things about it.

The journey from the red briefcase to the ledger

Let us tell you that since the time of the British, the tradition of presenting the budget in a leather briefcase is going on. This tradition has been going on since 1947, but in the year 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman changed the way of presenting the budget.

To give the budget an Indian touch, instead of a red briefcase, she brought it to Parliament in the form of a ledger wrapped in a red cloth. ( It costs so many rupees to print a note of 100, 200, 500 and 2000 rupees)

In 1947, RK ShanmukhamChetty, India's first finance minister, carried a leather portfolio bag for budget presentations.

The budget is introduced by the use of the Tablet

In the year 2018, the Indian government made a slight change in this and presented the budget through the tablet. It was also called the form of Digital India. Let us tell you that instead of the traditional book, the budget was read on a tablet. It was a completely paperless budget.

In the year 2021, the budget was not printed and everyone was given a soft copy of the budget. This virtual budget was also put on the website of the Lok Sabha. Not only this, this budget was made available only online to the MPs and the general public as well.

The mobile app also launched

Let us tell you that the Indian government had also launched the Union Budget Mobile App. Everyone in India can read the budget with the help of this app. This change was made in the budget presentation keeping in mind the need of the times over the decades.

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