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Interim Budget 2024: Sitharaman set to equal THIS Morarji Desai record

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Interim budget on Feb 1

Sitharaman is set to make history by presenting her sixth consecutive budget on February 1. She will match the record held by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

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Sitharaman presented 5 full budgets

Sitharaman, the first full-time woman finance minister in India, has presented five full budgets since July 2019.

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Desai's budget number

Morarji Desai, during his tenure as finance minister, presented five annual budgets and one interim budget between 1959 and 1964. 

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When will full budget be presented?

The new government, likely to be formed around June, will then present the final budget for 2024-25 in July.

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