Sitharaman carries red cloth bahi khata from Fin Min to Parliament

New Delhi, Feb 1 (KNN) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carried a red cloth bahi khata from North Block to Parliament to present the budget.

This will be first full fledged Budget of Narendra Modi government after the general elections in 2019.

As Sitharaman reads her Budget 2020 speech in Parliament today, all eyes are set to see what announcements are made to bring economy back on fastrack mode.

Sitharaman will begin her budget speech at 11am on February 1, Saturday.

Last year, the Sitharaman’s budget in red cloth instead of the budget briefcase had garnered immense attention. The finance minister had said that the suggestion to use the red cloth to present the budget was given by her family.