Budget 2024: Noteworthy quotes from finance ministers
Budget 2024: Noteworthy quotes from finance ministers
By Vivek Dubey
By Vivek Dubey
CNBC-TV18.com
CNBC-TV18.com
Published Feb 01, 2024
Published Feb 01, 2024
Dive into the wisdom of India’s finance ministers, as we revisit their memorable quotes from past budget speeches.
For the Union Budget 2021-22, Nirmala Sitharaman quoted, “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”
In the Union Budget 2019-20, Piyush Goyal cited a Hindi poet, “Ek paanv rakhta hoon hazaar raahen foot parti hain.”
Arun Jaitley, in the Union Budget 2018-19, said, “Sarkar ki is pehal se hawai chappal pehnne wale nagarik bhi hawai jahaj main yatra ker rahe hain.”
P Chidambaram, during the Union Budget 2006-07, stated, “It is our duty to put the foundations on which the young can build their castles. The UPA Government has pledged itself to that task.”
Pranab Mukherjee quoted Mahatma Gandhi in the Union Budget 2009-10, “Democracy is the art and science of mobilizing the entire physical, economic and spiritual resources of various sections of the people in the service of the common good of all.”
Yaswant Sinha, in the Union Budget 1998-99, quoted Atal Bihari Bajpayee, “Flag we hold shall never bow, Marching steps shall never halt.”
Manmohan Singh, during the Union Budget 1991-92, quoted Victor Hugo, “No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.”
Morarji Desai, in the Union Budget 1967-68, expressed, “I look upon the coming financial year with a certain degree of optimism and with the expectation that, given the right policies, it can become a year of revival.”