Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman Explains Her <i>Bahi Khata</i>. We'll Use iPad, Says Congress

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who on Friday ditched a colonial-era tradition of carrying Budget papers in a briefcase, said she thought it was "high time to move on from the British hangover." In a first, Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Budget bahi khata (ledger) or red cloth folder enclosed with a string and emblazoned with the national emblem.