ENA Economy 2019-07-05 04:38:57 <p><strong>New Delhi, July 5 (KNN)</strong> The first full-fledged Finance minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman was the first ever Fin Min to break the tradition of carrying a briefcase on Budget Day. She chose to hold a bahi khaata instead of a briefcase.</p> <p>CEA describes the red cover that replaces briefase for the first time, calls it the traditional 'bahi khata'.</p> <p>CEA says the traditional 'bahi khata' symbolises departure of slavery from our western thought.</p> <p>A bahi khaata, which translates to a statement of account, refers to the Budget being a presentation of accounts of the Union government.</p> <p>In fact, the Ashoka symbol on the bahi khaata symbolises that the Budget may depart from the clutches of western thought.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="540" id="mgiframe" src="//mg.mgid.com/mghtml/framehtml/c/k/n/knnindia.co.in.338951.html" width="100%"></iframe></p> 23079 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/economy/sitharaman-sets-trend-by-carrying-bahi-khaata-instead-of-brief-case-to-present-the-union-budget 2019-07-05 04:38:57 knnindia.co.in