Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, scheduled to present seventh consecutive Budget, delivered India's longest Budget speech, lasting 2 hours and 40 minutes in 2020. Her 2019 speech ended in 2 hours and 17 minutes. Arun Jaitley's 2014 speech lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes. Manmohan Singh's 1991 speech was among longest by words. Hirubhai Patel delivered shortest-ever speech by words in 1977.