Edited By: Namit Singh Sengar
Last Updated: January 29, 2023, 12:25 IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Halwa ceremony on January 26, 2023 (Image: Ministry of Finance Twitter)
Budget 2023: A customary Halwa ceremony is carried out yearly earlier than the ‘lock-in’ means of Budget preparation begins.
The Ministry of Finance on January 26 introduced the start of the ultimate stage of Union Budget 2023-24 with Halwa ceremony.
A customary Halwa ceremony is carried out yearly earlier than the ‘lock-in’ means of Budget preparation begins.
However, in 2022, to mark the ultimate stage of the Union Budget making course of, sweets had been supplied to the core employees as a consequence of bear ‘lock-in’ at their workplaces, as an alternative of the Halwa ceremony in view of the prevailing pandemic state of affairs.
What is the Halwa ceremony?
The Ministry of Finance organises the Halwa Ceremony yearly just a few days earlier than the presentation of the Union Budget. It marks the graduation of the Budget printing course of. It is held in North Block within the nationwide capital within the presence of the Finance Minister and all those that are a part of the method.
What is ‘lock-in’ within the Budget course of?
‘Lock-in’ is a interval of numerous days which exists to take care of the secrecy of the Budget. It is the ‘lock-in’ of the officers concerned in making the Budget.
Budget Press, located inside North Block homes all officers within the interval main as much as the presentation of the Union Budget.
The basement of North Block homes a printing press that was historically used to print price range paperwork for 40 years from 1980 to 2020. Thereafter, the price range went digital with naked minimal paperwork printed and the majority distribution occurring through cellular app or on the web site.
Going digital additionally meant that the lock-in interval has gotten shorter to only 5 days from the earlier one which lasted as much as two weeks.
These officers and employees are available in contact with their close to and expensive ones solely after the Budget is introduced by the Union Finance Minister within the Parliament.
From 2021-22, the Union Budget has been delivered in paperless type. A Union Budget Mobile App can be out there for hassle-free entry to the doc.
When will the price range 2023 be introduced?
The Union Budget for monetary 12 months 2023-24 might be introduced within the Parliament on February 1, 2023 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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