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The economic survey has been prepared by the Economic Division of the Department of Economic Affairs, which is a crucial department of the Ministry of Finance.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is currently presenting the Economic Survey 2023–24 as the budget session of Parliament began this morning.
The economic survey has been prepared by the Economic Division of the Department of Economic Affairs, which is a crucial department of the Ministry of Finance. Notably, the document was formulated under the supervision of the Chief Economic Adviser.
Congress leader Indira Gandhi became the first woman in history to introduce the Union Budget. She presented the budget for the financial year 1970–71 in Parliament. With this, Indira was also the first female PM to present the budget.
The current Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, is the second woman to present the Union Budget. She first presented the budget in Parliament in 2019.
Former Finance Minister Morarji Desai presented the budget 10 times, Chidambaram (9), Pranab Mukherjee (8), CD Deshmukh (7), and Yashwant Sinha (7) presented the Union budget so far.
Usually, union finance ministers introduce the union budget, but two finance ministers have not presented the union budget so far in India. They are Kshitish Chandra Neogy and HN Bahuguna, and they served in the Finance Minister post for a short period between two budget sessions.
