New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to announce the Union Budget 2025 on February 1, as the nation and India Inc. remain hopeful about tax reliefs for the middle-class and low-income groups.

Looking at the history of India's budget and Finance Minister's speech. Nirmala Sitharaman continues to hold the position of the longest-budget speech in the year 2020.

1. FM Nirmala Sitharaman: Sitharaman set her first record for the longest budget speech in 2019 after speaking for 2 hours and 17 minutes where she gave a 10-point vision for the upcoming decade, explaining the benefits for the MSME sector and startups, among other key topics.

Nirmala Sitharaman then broke her previous record in 2020 after speaking...