<P> It was Mr. Yashwant Sinha, the then Finance Minister of India in the NDA government (led by BJP) of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who changed the ritual by announcing the 2001 Union Budget at 11 am . </P> <P> Until the year 2016, the Union Budget was presented in the Lok Sabha on the last working day of February . </P> <P> It was Mr. Arun Jaitley, the Minister of Finance in the BJP led NDA Government under the Prime Ministership of Mr. Narendra Modi, who changed the date of the Annual Budget of 2017 to the first working day of February . </P> <P> Additionally, the Railway Budget was also merged with the General Budget after 92 years in 2017 . </P>

Who fixes the date for the union budget presented in parliament