New Delhi:
First full of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term Budget Financial Year 2025-26 Will be introduced in Lok Sabha today. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the eighth consecutive general budget today. Before presenting the budget, the Finance Minister met President Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. During this, President Murmu also fed the Finance Minister curd and sugar. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary met President Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the budget on the Lok Sabha table. During this, the Finance Minister sought approval from President Murmu to present the budget. The President, while giving his approval to the budget, greeted the Finance Minister by feeding curd and sugar.
The President’s Office also shared some photos on the X account. He wrote, “Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met President Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget along with Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance. Central Finance to present the budget at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Wishing the minister and his team best wishes. “
Learn why yogurt and sugar are fed
According to religious beliefs, there is a tradition of feeding curd and chinese before any auspicious work in India. It is believed that eating curd and sugar is successful in work. Actually, yogurt is considered a symbol of purity and purity, while sugar is considered a symbol of sweetness and harmony. Yogurt and sugar have special significance in Indian culture. Therefore, before presenting the Union Budget, the Finance Minister meets the President and after this the President is wished for the budget by feeding the Finance Minister to the Finance Minister. With the completion of this tradition, formal permission is also given to present the budget.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the eighth consecutive budget in the Lok Sabha for FY 2025-26 on 1 February. Prior to this, she has created history by presenting the budget seven times in a row. She has presented six full -time and two interim budgets. Sitharaman has presented eight consecutive budgets in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Sitharaman became the second Finance Minister of the country in the year 2019. Earlier, Indira Gandhi was the first woman finance minister to presented the 1970-71 budget as Finance Minister.