Wraps budget documents in traditional ‘bahi khaata’
New Delhi: Setting a new precedent, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman this morning was seen hugging the Budget documents wrapped in a red cloth, the traditional ‘bahi khaata’ way, instead of the leather briefcase that until now her predecessors marched out with. Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian said the famed Budget Briefcase had been replaced by the traditional ‘bahi khaata’ in keeping with Indian tradition. “It is in Indian tradition. It symbolises our departure from slavery of western thought. It is not a budget but a ‘bahi khaata’ (ledger),” Subramanian said.
