February 2020 Budget Speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been the longest in history -- two hours and 40 minutes. How long will be this year's Budget Speech? Incidentally, going by the word length, it hasn't been the longest. Manmohan Singh's 18,650-word 1991 Speech is the longest. Nirmala Sitharaman's 2020 Speech had 13,275 words. Arun Jaitley's 2018 Budget Speech has been the second longest -- 18,604 words. HM Patel's 1977 Speech at the Interim Budget has been the shortest, just 800 words. Sitharaman's 2019 Budget Speech lasted for two hours and 17 minutes, just two minutes longer than Jaswant's Singh's 2003 Speech. #Budget #finance #India #GDP #FiscalDefict #Growth #Infrastructure #Health #Welfare …see more