Nirmala Sitharaman represented hope and prosperity in 2020 by donning a yellow silk saree with a blue border.
The finance minister selected the Pochampally silk saree, also called the ikat saree, a handwoven fabric from Pochampally the village in Telangana, for the 2021 budget.
2022 - She wore a brown saree from Bomkai village in the Ganjam district of Odisha in 2022, which had borders striped with gold.
She chose a red silk saree for Budget 2023 that features black temple designs and Kasuti embroidery from the Karnataka region of Dharwad.
She wore a West Bengali tussar silk saree with kantha embroidery for the interim budget in 2024. Kantha embroidery is renowned for having a more textured finish than mulberry silk.