<P> The first Finance Minister of independent India was R.K. Shanmukham Chetty , who also presented its first Budget . The incumbent Arun Jaitley , of the Bharatiya Janata Party , has held office since 26 May 2014 . As of September 2017 , Morarji Desai has presented 10 budgets which is the highest followed by P Chidambaram 's 9 and Pranab Mukherjee 's 8 . Yashwant Sinha , Yashwantrao Chavan and C.D. Deshmukh have presented 7 budgets each while Manmohan Singh and T.T. Krishnamachari have presented 6 budgets . As of February 2018 , four Finance Ministers have gone on to become the Prime Minister who are : Morarji Desai , Charan Singh , V.P. Singh and Manmohan Singh . </P>
<P> The first Finance Minister of independent India was R.K. Shanmukham Chetty , who also presented its first Budget . The incumbent Arun Jaitley , of the Bharatiya Janata Party , has held office since 26 May 2014 . As of September 2017 , Morarji Desai has presented 10 budgets which is the highest followed by P Chidambaram 's 9 and Pranab Mukherjee 's 8 . Yashwant Sinha , Yashwantrao Chavan and C.D. Deshmukh have presented 7 budgets each while Manmohan Singh and T.T. Krishnamachari have presented 6 budgets . As of February 2018 , four Finance Ministers have gone on to become the Prime Minister who are : Morarji Desai , Charan Singh , V.P. Singh and Manmohan Singh . </P>
who is the minister of finance in india
who is the minister of finance in india
Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley