In 24 hours from now the finance minister will present India's 64th Union budget (excluding the interim budgets). On November 26, 1947 R K Shanmukham Chetty presented the first budget of Independent India. Morarji Desai has presented the maximum number of budgets so far (10), twice announcing it on his birthday. For decades, the colonial practice of announcing the budget at 5pm in accordance with its declaration around noon in the UK lingered on. Yashwant Sinha for the first time presented the budget for 1999-2000 at 11am giving good riddance to this colonial practice.
1. On the coast of which state is the highest concentration of Olive Ridley turtles found?
Anita Sanyal, Calcutta
2. Pahandi Bije, Chhera Pahanra and Bahuda Yatra are associated with which festival?
Aryamitra Kar, Howrah