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Published on Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 15:29, Updated at Sat, Feb 02, 2008 in section
Tags: Union Budget 2008, Trivia
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Who is the present Finance Minister?
P. Chidambaram
How many full Budgets has he presented so far?
Mr Chidambaram has presented 6 Budgets so far and this will be his 7th Full Budget.
What was Chidambaram’s original profession before he entered politics?
He was a lawyer.
Who was the first Finance Minister?
R.K. Shanmugham Chetty. He presented Independent India's first Budget on November 26, 1947.
How many Finance Ministers has the country seen so far?
23
Which Finance Minister has presented the Budget for Maximum number of times?
Morarji Desai. 10 Budgets- 8 Full and 2 Interim Budgets.
Which Finance Minister introduced the Economic Liberalisation and in which year?
Dr. Manmohan Singh, 1991
How many Indian Finance ministers have presented 5 or more budgets?
Morarji Desai, P Chidambaram, CD Deshmukh (6 Budgets each), Manmohan Singh and Yashwant Sinha (both 5 Budgets each).
Which FM had presented the budgets on his birthday?
Morarji Desai, two Budgets on his birthday - in 1964 and 1968.
Which veteran politician was the first Rajya Sabha Member to hold the finance portfolio?
Pranab Mukherjee - presented the annual Budgets for 1982-83, 1983-84 and 1984-85.
Which Finance Minister had introduced the concept of Service Tax?
Manmohan Singh in 1994-95.
Which year two Finance Ministers of two different political parties presented the budget the same year?
July 1991- Manmohan Singh presented the Final Budget after Congress came to power in May 1991 election. The same year Yashwant Sinha had presented the Interim Budget for 1991-92.
Who was the first Indian Governor of RBI to have presented the Interim Budget for 1951-52?
C.D. Deshmukh
Which year Jawaharlal Nehru had presented the budget?
1958-59
Which Finance Minister had introduced VDIS and when?
P. Chidambaram, 1997.
Who is the only woman finance Minister of India
Indira Gandhi
Which Finance Minister expanded the pension scheme to cover family members of the deceased government servants?
T. T. Krishnamachari in 1964.
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