<p> Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday delivered the Budget 2022-23 with her shortest budget so far.</p>.<p>She spoke for one hour and 30 minutes, making it the shortest among the budget speeches that generally go for about 2 hours at least.</p>.<p>Sitharaman, who also made the second paperless budget presentation as she read the speech from a tab, also quoted a verse from Mahabharat's Shanti Parva.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/budget-2022-india-loosens-purse-strings-to-propel-post-pandemic-recovery-1076843.html">Budget 2022: India loosens purse strings to propel post-pandemic recovery</a></strong></p>.<p>In 2019, she had made the longest speech at two hours and 15 minutes (135 minutes), only to top that the next year, in 2020, to speak for over 160 minutes.</p>.<p>Prior to her, Jaswant Singh had spoken for 2 hours 15 minutes in 2003.</p>.<p>When it comes to the word limit, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went on to create a record in his landmark 1991 speech - when he was Finance Minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao government -at 18,650 words. Arun Jaitley's 2018 budget speech was a bit short at 18,604 words, which took one hour and 49 minutes to deliver. He, however, spoke at length almost every time with word lengths beyond 16,000.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p> Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday delivered the Budget 2022-23 with her shortest budget so far.</p>.<p>She spoke for one hour and 30 minutes, making it the shortest among the budget speeches that generally go for about 2 hours at least.</p>.<p>Sitharaman, who also made the second paperless budget presentation as she read the speech from a tab, also quoted a verse from Mahabharat's Shanti Parva.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/budget-2022-india-loosens-purse-strings-to-propel-post-pandemic-recovery-1076843.html">Budget 2022: India loosens purse strings to propel post-pandemic recovery</a></strong></p>.<p>In 2019, she had made the longest speech at two hours and 15 minutes (135 minutes), only to top that the next year, in 2020, to speak for over 160 minutes.</p>.<p>Prior to her, Jaswant Singh had spoken for 2 hours 15 minutes in 2003.</p>.<p>When it comes to the word limit, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went on to create a record in his landmark 1991 speech - when he was Finance Minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao government -at 18,650 words. Arun Jaitley's 2018 budget speech was a bit short at 18,604 words, which took one hour and 49 minutes to deliver. He, however, spoke at length almost every time with word lengths beyond 16,000.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>