Nirmala Sitharaman again opts for 'Bahi-Khata' for Budget

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Nirmala Sitharaman again opts for 'Bahi-Khata' for Budget

PTILast Updated: Feb 01, 2021, 10:56 AM IST

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Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman Finance Minister, had in July 2019 ditched the colonial legacy of a Budget Briefcase for the traditional Bahi-Khata to carry Union Budget Papers. She used the same last year and again on Monday.

Sitharaman used a red-cloth folder enclosed with a string and emblazoned with the national emblem to carry the Budget documents.

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