Halwa Ceremony: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributed halwa in the Finance Ministry on Thursday. Actually, it is a kind of traditional ceremony. Now the printing of the budget will start. At the same time, till the budget document is prepared, the officers and employees involved in making it will remain in the North Block till the budget is presented. Let us tell you that the union budget of the country will be presented on February 1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget 2023-24.
Customary Halwa Ceremony held to mark final stage of Budget preparation
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Final compilation and printing begins
From today, the compilation and printing of documents related to the Union Budget of 2023-24 has started. The Halwa Ceremony was organized at the Budget Press of the Ministry of Finance inside the North Block. During this, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad and others were present.
The Finance Minister started the ceremony by stirring the halwa in the pan
The Finance Minister started the ceremony by stirring the halwa in the pan. He served halwa to the officers and employees of the Ministry of Finance. According to Finance Ministry officials, in order to maintain the secrecy of the budget, the officials involved in making the budget have to stay in North Block till the budget is presented.
Paperless budget, where and how to see
This time also the Union Budget 2023-24 will be paper less. The budget documents will be available on the “Union Budget Mobile App” on both Android and Apple OS platforms after the completion of the budget speech by the Finance Minister in Parliament on February 1, 2023.
