Union Budget of India - Wikipedia Union Budget of India The Union Budget of India, also referred to as the Annual Financial Statement in the Article 112 of the Constitution of India, is the annual budget of the Republic of India. The Government presents it on the first day of February so that it could be materialized before the commencement of new financial year in April. Till 2016 it was presented on the last working day of February by the Finance Minister of India in Parliament. The budget, which is presented by means of the Finance bill and the Appropriation bill has to be passed by both the Houses before it can come into effect from April 1, the start of India 's financial year. An Interim Budget is not the same as a ' Vote on Account '. While a ' Vote on Account ' deals only with the expenditure side of the government 's budget, an Interim Budget is a complete set of accounts, including both expenditure and receipts. An Interim Budget gives the complete financial statement, very similar to a full Budget. While the law does not debar the Union government from introducing tax changes, normally during an election year, successive governments have avoided making any major changes in income tax laws during an Interim Budget. As of September 2017, Morarji Desai has presented 10 budgets which is the highest followed by P Chidambaram 's 9 and Pranab Mukherjee 's 8. Yashwant Sinha, Yashwantrao Chavan and C.D. Deshmukh have presented 7 budgets each while Manmohan Singh and T.T. Krishnamachari have presented 6 budgets. Contents 1 Chronology 1.1 Pre-liberalisation 1.2 Post-liberalisation 2 Traditions 2.1 Time of Budget announcement 2.2 Date of Budget announcement 2.3 Halwa Ceremony 3 References 4 External links Chronology Pre-liberalisation The first Union budget of independent India was presented by R.K. Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947. The Union budgets for the fiscal years 1959 - 61 to 1963 - 64, inclusive of the interim budget for 1962 - 63, were presented by Morarji Desai. On February 29 in 1964 and 1968, he became the only finance minister to present the Union budget on his birthday. Desai presented budgets that included five annual budgets and an interim budget during his first stint and three final budgets and one interim budget in his second tenure when he was both the Finance Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister of India. After Desai 's resignation, Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, took over the Ministry of Finance to become the only woman to hold the post of the Finance Minister. Pranab Mukherjee, the first Rajya Sabha member to hold the Finance portfolio, presented the annual budgets for the financial years 1982 - 83, 1983 -- 84 and 1984 - 85. Rajiv Gandhi presented the budget for 1987 - 89, after V.P. Singh quit his government, and in the process became the third Prime Minister to present a budget after his mother and grandfather. N.D. Tiwari presented the budget for 1988 - 89, S.B. Chavan for 1989 - 90, while Madhu Dandawate presented the Union budget for 1990 - 91. Dr. Manmohan Singh became the Finance Minister and presented the interim budget for 1991 - 92 as elections were forced. Due to political developments, early elections were held in May 1991 following which the Indian National Congress returned to political power and Manmohan Singh, the Finance Minister, presented the budget for 1991 - 92. Post-liberalisation Manmohan Singh under P.V. Narasimha Rao, in his next annual budgets from 1992 -- 93, opened the economy, encouraged foreign investments and reduced peak import duty from 300 plus percent to 50 percent. After elections in 1996, a non-Congress ministry assumed office. Hence the financial budget for 1996 - 97 was presented by P. Chidambaram, who then belonged to Tamil Maanila Congress. Following a constitutional crisis when the I.K. Gujral Ministry was on its way out, a special session of Parliament was convened just to pass Chidambaram 's 1997 - 98 budget. This budget was passed without a debate. After the general elections in March 1998 that led to the Bharatiya Janata Party forming the Central Government, Yashwant Sinha, the then Finance Minister in this government, presented the interim and final budgets for 1998 - 99. After general elections in 1999, Sinha again became the Finance Minister and presented four annual budgets from 1999 - 2000 to 2002 - 2003. Due to elections in May 2004, an interim budget was presented by Jaswant Singh. Former Finance Minister Morarji Desai presented the budget ten times, the most by any. The Union Budget of India for 2012 -- 2013 was presented by Pranab Mukherjee, the Finance Minister of India on 16 March 2012, which was the 7th budget of his career. These budgetary proposals would be applicable for financial year 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013. The Union Budget of India for 2013 -- 2014 was presented by P. Chidambaram on 28 February 2013. The Interim Union Budget for 2014 -- 2015 was presented on February 17, 2014. The Union Budget of India for 2014 -- 2015 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 10 July 2014. The Union Budget of India for 2015 -- 2016 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 28 February 2015. The Union Budget of India for 2016 -- 2017 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 29 February 2016. The Union Budget of India for 2017 -- 2018 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 1 February 2017. The Union Budget of India for 2018 -- 2019 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 1 February 2018. Traditions Time of Budget announcement Until the year 1999, the Union Budget was announced at 5 : 00 pm on the last working day of the month of February. This practice was inherited from the Colonial Era, Another reason was that until the 1990s, all that budgets seem to do was to raise taxes, a presentation in the evening gave producers and the tax collecting agencies the night to work out the change in prices. It was Mr. Yashwant Sinha, the then Finance Minister of India in the NDA government ( led by Bharatiya Janata Party ) of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who changed the ritual by announcing the 1999 Union Budget at 11 am. Date of Budget announcement Also again in 2017, departing from the colonial - era tradition of presenting the Union Budget on the last working day of February, Minister of Finance ( India ) Arun Jaitley, in the NDA government ( led by Bharatiya Janata Party ) of Narendra Modi government announced that it will now be presented on 1 February. Additionally Rail Budget, presented separately for 92 Years, merged with union budget. Halwa ceremony The printing of budget documents starts roughly a week ahead of presenting in the Parliament with a customary ' Halwa ceremony ' in which halwa ( a sweet dish ) is prepared in large quantities and served to the officers and support staff involved. They remain isolated and stay in the North Block office until the Budget is presented. Halwa is also served by the Finance Minister. This ceremony is performed as a part of the Indian tradition of having something sweet before starting an important work. 1947 Union budget of India 2009 Union budget of India 2010 Union budget of India 2011 Union budget of India 2012 Union budget of India 2013 Union budget of India 2014 Interim - Union budget of India 2014 Union budget of India 2015 Union budget of India 2016 Union budget of India 2017 Union budget of India 2018 Union budget of India Railway Budget of India References Jump up ^ `` Procedure in Financial Matters '' ( PDF ). Ministry of Law and Justice ( India ). p. 24. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Chidambaram is second only to Morarji Desai in presenting Budget ''. www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 29 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Central Budgets in retrospect ''. pib.nic.in. Jump up ^ `` Meet Manmohan Singh, the economist ''. 2004 - 05 - 20. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Salient Features of Interim Union Budget of India for 2014 - 15 ''. IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014. Jump up ^ `` Expectation from union budget 2014 - 15 ''. Patrika Group. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` Highlights of union budget 2015 - 16 ''. The Hindu. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` Live : Jaitley presents Union Budget 2016 - 17 : ' Govt. will pay EPF contribution of 8.33 % to all new employees for first three years ' ''. The Hindu. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016. Jump up ^ `` Union Budget 2017 ''. 24 January 2017. Jump up ^ Desk, Internet. `` Highlights of Union Budget 2017 - 18 ''. The Hindu. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Union Budget 2018 Highlights : Key takeaways from Arun Jaitley 's fifth Budget ''. Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Budget with a difference ''. 2001 - 03 - 17. Retrieved 2009 - 03 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Union Budget 2017 on 1 Feb : End of a colonial hangover for speedy implementation of schemes ''. Firstpost.com. Firstpost. 16 November 2016. Jump up ^ `` Railway Budget, Presented For 92 Years, Merged With Union Budget ''. NDTV.com. NDTV. Jump up ^ `` Printing Of Union Budget Document Begins With ' Halwa ' Ceremony ''. NDTV. Press Trust of India. February 19, 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016. 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Question: who is responsible for presenting the union budget before the parliament
Answer: Minister of Finance (India)