India, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday delivered her eighth consecutive Union Budget speech in 2025. Her eight-budget address lasted a noteworthy 1 hour and 14 minutes.

Notably, Sitharaman holds the record for the longest Budget speech in history, a feat she achieved during the Budget presentation in 2020 when her address spanned two hours and 40 minutes.

At that time, Sitharaman had to cut her speech short with two pages remaining.

Sitharaman's record eighth consecutive budget, which outlined several policies for the taxpayer and the middle class, comes in the backdrop of a slowdown in the economy and demand for tax cuts for the middle class.

Presenting the Budget for 2025-26, she said tax proposals are guid...