Budget with BS

Why is Economic Survey important, and why should you care about it? Swapnil Joglekar and Arup Roychoudhury decode

Conventionally, the Budget presented right before the general elections is an interim Budget rather than a full one. So what really is a pre-election Budget? Ruchika Chitravanshi explains

How does the govt manage to keep the Budget confidential despite a long drawn and elaborate process? Arup Roychoudhury brings us the lowdown

We analysed the last four budget speeches of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to find out which words were said the most. Ruchika Chitravanshi tells us more

Numbers add structure to Budgets. Does poetry add soul to them? How have FMs used poetry in their Budget speeches? Check details here

Not many finance ministers of India hold the record of presenting five consecutive budgets. Ruchika Chitravanshi tells us who did

Arup Roychoudhury tells us more about the team which shaped Union Budget 2023

The budget documents can look intimidating to the uninitiated, and it is easy to get lost in all the jargon. Ruchika Chitravanshi helps simplify

In Budget 2022, Nirmala Sitharaman made her shortest Budget Speech, with about 9,093 words. Let’s look at some of the most used words in the speech to get a sense of their importance

The devil’s in the detail. It is often only after reading the fine print, particularly related to the finance Bill, that one learns about the crucial changes that lie buried in the Budget documents

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2022 speech was just 90 minutes long. Was it the shortest ever? Here’s a collection of the longest and shortest Budget speeches

How did Nirmala Sitharaman’s fourth Budget, presented on February 1, 2022, score on the literary front. Let’s find out in this report

Did you know there was a Budget presented by one government and passed by another? Watch this video to know about two unique Budget-related events that took place only once, and never since

Over the years, FMs have mentioned environment in their Budget speeches in so many ways. But when exactly did the Green aspect of environment enter the Budget lexicon? Watch this report to know

Here is a quick pop-quiz. Which Finance Minister holds the distinction of presenting the most number of budgets? Watch this video to find the answer.

All the world’s a stage — the famous line from ‘As You Like It’—aptly describes the many roles political personalities play. Here’s a look at these role changes from the prism of the Budget

Post-Budget market verdict is the first report card that all stakeholders look at before forming their own opinion. Here’s a fascinating report capturing the Sensex movement after Budget

If we look at the history of Budgets in India, some of the most remarkable Budgets have come against the backdrop of crises like covid-19 pandemic that the country is facing today. Let’s look at some

You might think the Budget is an exercise mandated by the Constitution of India. But did you know that the word Budget is not even mentioned in the Constitution? So what exactly does the Constitution