Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman popping out of Kartavya Bhavan, in New Delhi forward of Union Finances on February 1, 2026.
| Picture Credit score: R.V. Moorthy
The Union Finances 2026, to tabled on Sunday (February 1, 2026), is the ninth consecutive price range offered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman within the Parliament. Whereas the nation eagerly listens to her Finances speeches, all eyes are on the saree she wears on Finances day, showcasing India’s textile heritage and conventional weaves and materials. This 12 months, too, her saree garnered curiosity.
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Ms. Sitharaman will current the Finances sporting a magenta-coloured Kattam Kanjeevaram (Kancheepuram) silk saree from Tamil Nadu. The Kanjeevaram saree has golden-coloured kattam (checks) and a coffee-brown border with intricate threadwork. She paired it with a plain yellow-colloured, full-hand shirt.
Kanjeevaram sarees are conventional handwoven silk sarees identified for his or her wealthy silk, principally worn throughout particular events, weddings and so forth. The weavers in Kancheepuram typically draw inspiration from the wealthy temple structure and motifs to design the well-known sarees. The silk weaving custom of Kancheepuram dates again a number of centuries and flourished below the patronage of the Chola rulers (ninth–thirteenth centuries), whose deep appreciation for the humanities and positive textiles helped elevate it to prominence.
By the way, Tamil Nadu, alongwith Kerala, West Bengal, Puducherry, and Assam, shall be going to polls within the subsequent few months.
Final 12 months she wore a cream-coloured handloom silk saree with golden border and pairing it with purple shirt. The saree with Madhubani motifs bearing pictures of fish, was offered to Ms. Sitharaman by 2021 Padma Shri awardee Dulari Devi, who hails from Dalit fishing neighborhood.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who’s presenting the ninth Union Finances, has constantly chosen conventional sarees for the event.
Throughout her first Finances speech in 2019, Ms. Sitharaman wore a pink-coloured Mangalgiri silk saree with gold borders.
In 2020, she picked a yellow-coloured silk saree with green-lined borders.
In 2021, she selected purple and off-white Pochampally silk saree from Telangana, with ikat motifs on the pallu.
In 2022, Ms. Sitharaman was clad in a brown and maroon colored Bomkai saree from Odisha.
In 2023, the Finance Minister wore a purple silk saree with black Kasuti embroidery that originates in Karnataka.
In 2024, she wore a blue Tussar silk saree with Kantha embroidery from West Bengal whereas presenting the interim price range. Throughout the Union Finances for a similar 12 months, Ms. Sitharaman wore a white-coloured silk saree that had magenta-coloured border with golden motifs.
Revealed – February 01, 2026 10:07 am IST
