2015-16 Budget speech longest in past 17 years
According to SocialCops analysis of the last 17 years of Union Budget speech transcripts, the 2015-16 budget speech was the longest with 9,731 words. The budget speeches have varied from about 6,000 to 9,000 words in length with the 2009-10 budget speech being the shortest with 6,334 words. This year's budget speech was the second-longest speech at 9,328 words.