<p>The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Interim Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25.</p><p>The Finance Minister presented the budget in a speech which went on for 59 minutes 15 seconds, making it her shortest-ever Budget speech.</p><p>In her first Budget speech for the year 2019-2020, Sitharaman spoke for 2 hours and 17 minutes and during the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/union-budget-2020">2020 Union Budge</a>t, her presentation commenced at 11 am and extended until 1:40 pm on February 1. She spoke for two hours and 42 minutes.</p> .Budget 2024 | Finance Minister announces plans to increase milk, dairy production.<p>She had to cut short her speech due to health concerns with only two pages remaining. The rest of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/union-budget/budget-2024-no-change-in-tax-rates-of-direct-indirect-taxes-tax-benefits-to-startups-extended-till-march-2025-2874304">Budget</a> was read out by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.</p><p>In the year 2022, Sitharaman spoke for a total of one and a half hours.</p>
<p>The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Interim Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25.</p><p>The Finance Minister presented the budget in a speech which went on for 59 minutes 15 seconds, making it her shortest-ever Budget speech.</p><p>In her first Budget speech for the year 2019-2020, Sitharaman spoke for 2 hours and 17 minutes and during the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/union-budget-2020">2020 Union Budge</a>t, her presentation commenced at 11 am and extended until 1:40 pm on February 1. She spoke for two hours and 42 minutes.</p> .Budget 2024 | Finance Minister announces plans to increase milk, dairy production.<p>She had to cut short her speech due to health concerns with only two pages remaining. The rest of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/union-budget/budget-2024-no-change-in-tax-rates-of-direct-indirect-taxes-tax-benefits-to-startups-extended-till-march-2025-2874304">Budget</a> was read out by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.</p><p>In the year 2022, Sitharaman spoke for a total of one and a half hours.</p>