Explained: Why Finance Minister carries a secret briefcase on budget day and what's inside it!
While most people are aware of the entire process, there is a certain mystery around the briefcase carried by the finance minister before entering into the parliament. Why does the FM carry a briefcase? What's inside it?
Though a budget briefcase is a small bag it carries a huge weight of a country's future or economic progress. A century-old tradition is successfully followed by the Indian government so far. Reuters