Modi, Jaitley to visit Budgets underground printing press
June 12, 2014  15:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a confidential visit to the Union Budget printing press situated below North Block, at the request of the Finance ministry which is housed there.

The visit is basically meant to familiarise himself with the  process of printing the top-secret document, Modi will also briefed by officials about how the utmost secrecy is
maintained on the exercise, and how the Intelligence Bureau handles its security cover.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will explain the logistic support the Budget preparation process.

Only last week, Modi and Jaitley undertook a similar top-secret visit to the Strategic Command of the defence ministry located underground somewhere in Delhi.
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