New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with MoS Pankaj Chaudhary departed from their residence for Kartavya Bhavan ahead of the presentation of Union Budget 2026. The North Block houses the Ministry of Finance.

The headquarters of Ministry of Finance, which was earlier situated at North Block has now been shifted to Kartavya Bhavan at Janpath.

Sitharaman is set to present her ninth consecutive Union Budget, which will see her equal former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's record and surpass that of Pranab Mukherjee. Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai continues to hold the record for presenting the most Union Budgets in independent India.

According to the Lok Sabha List of Business, the House will meet at...