Which Indian finance minister presented the maximum number of Budgets?
Morarji Desai has presented a record number of ten Budgets. He was the finance minister from 1959 to 1964 and also from 1967 to 1970. He presented five annual and one interim Budget during his first stint, and three final and one interim in his second term. In 1964 and in 1968 — both leap years — Desai presented the Budget on February 29, his birthday. Which two Indian finance ministers presented five Budgets in a row? Yaswant Sinha and Manmohan Singh. The first time he took over the office of the finance minister, Yashwant Sinha’s government was pulled down before he could present a full Budget and instead had to present an interim Budget for 1991-92. He was appointed the finance minister for the second time in 1998, when the Bharatiya Janata Party was voted to power. In the election held in May 1991, the Congress returned to power and Manmohan Singh became the finance minister. He presented the final Budget for 1991-92 in July 1991. This was the first occasion when the interim and
