Budget 2024: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday participated in the pre-budget ‘halwa’ ceremony, marking the ultimate stage of the Budget preparation course of for Interim Union Budget 2024.
At the halwa ceremony, the Finance Minister was additionally accompanied by senior officers together with Finance Secretary & Secretary, Expenditure, T.V. Somanathan, Secretary, Economic Affairs, Ajay Seth, Secretary, DIPAM Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, Revenue, Sanjay Malhotra, Chairman, Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT), Nitin Gupta, and Chairman, Central Board for Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Sanjay Kumar Agarwal.
A customary Halwa ceremony is carried out yearly earlier than the “lock-in” course of of Budget preparation begins.
Like the earlier three full Union Budgets, the Interim Union Budget 2024 can even be delivered in paperless type. It is to be offered on February 1, the Finance Ministry mentioned.
All the Union Budget paperwork, together with the Annual Financial Statement (generally generally known as Budget), Demand for Grants, Finance Bill and so on. as prescribed by the Constitution, will likely be accessible on the “Union Budget Mobile App” for straightforward entry of Budget paperwork by MPs and most people, in accordance with a Finance Ministry assertion.
The paperwork will likely be revealed each in English & Hindi and will likely be accessible on each Android and iOS platforms. The App can be downloaded from the Union Budget Web Portal.
The Budget paperwork will likely be accessible on the Mobile App after the completion of the Budget Speech by the Union Finance Minister in Parliament on February 1.
