Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman carries documents in red folder breaking briefcase tradition

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was seen outside the Ministry of Finance with a folder containing the all-important budget documents. The folder, wrapped in red cloth, is a move away from the traditional briefcase that has been used by past finance ministers who have presented the budget.

Commenting on Sitharaman's choice of carrying the budget documents in a folder, Chief Economic Advisor KV Subramanian said, "It is in Indian tradition. It symbolizes our departure from the slavery of Western thought. It is not a budget but a 'bahi khata'(ledger)."