<h1>Finance Minister Presents Eighth Consecutive Budget Amid Economic Slowdown, Nears Record for Most Budgets by a Minister</h1> The Finance Minister has made history by presenting her eighth consecutive budget, amid an economic slowdown and calls for middle-class tax cuts. This achievement brings her closer to the record of ten budgets set by a former Prime Minister. The Finance Minister has presented the most consecutive budgets under the current Prime Minister. She became India's first full-time female Finance Minister in 2019 and retained her position after the Prime Minister's third-term victory in 2024. The budget presentation date was changed to February 1 in 2017 to streamline the approval process and implementation timeline.