Finance Minister’s List of India:- Every year, on 1 February, the Union Budget is presented by the Finance Minister of the Government of India. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget for the financial year 2025-26 on February 1. This time the general public has high expectations from the budget.

According to experts, this time, there may be many major announcements related to health, railways, and farmers in the budget. Apart from this, many big announcements can also be made regarding income tax. It is being said that the government can also make changes in the tax slab. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is going to present the budget once again. Let us tell you that in India, the Finance Minister is responsible for overseeing the Ministry of Finance within the Central Government.

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He plays an important role in presenting the budget and preparing the outline of financial plans. Now a few days are left for the budget to be presented. In such a situation, through this article, we will tell you about all the Finance Ministers of India, who presented the country’s budget.

List of Finance Ministers of India:-

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Minister

 Political Party
1       Liaquat Ali.   Khan                                                                  October 29,  1946    14 August        1947 Jawaharlal Nehru All India Muslim League
2     R K Shanmukham Chetty                       15 August 1947 17 August 1948 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
3     John Mathai                                                         September 22,   1948 26 January 1950 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
4     C D Deshmukh                                  01 June 1950                    13 May 1952 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
5      Jawaharlal Nehru                       01 August 1956 30 August 1956 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
6      T. T. Krishnamachari              30 August 1956  17 April 1957 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
7.     Jawaharlal Nehru                    14 February 1958 22 March 1958 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
8     Morarji Desai                              22 March 1958 10 April 1962 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
9.    T. T. Krishnamachari                              31 August 1963 31 December 1965 Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri Indian National Congress
10  Sachindra Chaudhary 01 January 1966 11 January 1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
11  Morarji Desai       13 March 1967  16 July 1969 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
12 Indira Gandhi 16 July 1969 27 June 1970 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
13 Yashwantrao Chavan 27 June 1970 10 October 1974 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
14 Chidambaram Subramaniam 10 October 1974 24 March 1977 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
15 Haribhai M. Patel 26 March 1977 24 January 1979 Morarji Desai Janata Party
16 Charan Singh 24 January 1979 16 July 1979 Morarji Desai Janata Party
17 Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna 28 July 1979 19 October 1979 Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular)
18 R. Venkataraman 14 January 1980 15 January 1982 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
19 Pranab Mukherjee 15 January 1982 31 December 1984 Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress
20 V.P. Singh 31 December 1984 24 January 1987 Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress
21 Rajiv Gandhi 24 January 1987 25 July 1987 Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress
22 N. D. Tiwari 25 July 1987 25 June 1988 Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress
23 Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan 25 June 1988 02 December 1989 Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress
24 Madhu Dandavate 05 December 1989 10 November 1990 V. P. Singh Janata Dal (National Front)
25 Yashwant Sinha 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Chandrashekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (National Front)
26 Manmohan Singh 21 June 1991 16 May 1996 P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
27 Jaswant Singh 16 May 1996 01 June 1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
28 P. Chidambaram 01 June 1996 21 April 1997 H. D. Deve Gowda Tamil Manila Congress (United Front)
29 Inder Kumar Gujral 21 April 1997 01 May 1997 Inder Kumar Gujral Janata Dal (United Front)
30 P. Chidambaram 01 May 1997 19 March 1998 Inder Kumar Gujral Tamil Manila Congress (United Front)
31 Yashwant Sinha 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)
32 Jaswant Singh 01 July 2002 22 May 2004 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)
33 P. Chidambaram 23 May 2004 30 November 2008 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
34 Manmohan Singh 30 November 2008 24 January 2009 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
35 Pranab Mukherjee 24 January 2009 26 June 2012 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
36 Manmohan Singh 26 June 2012 31 July 2012 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
37 P. Chidambaram 31 July 2012 26 May 2014 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
38 Arun Jaitley 26 May 2014 30 May 2019 Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
39 Nirmala Sitharaman 31 May 2019 Till Date Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party