Halwa ceremony to kickstart budget proceedings today

January 23, 2021 11:47

The customary halwa ceremony, which marks the process of printing documents for the Union Budget 2021, will be hosted by the finance ministry on Saturday at 3.30 pm ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget on February 1.

The event will be attended by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, Secretaries of Finance Ministry, and other officials.

As per sources, the halwa making ceremony is held every year by the government to kick off the budget session, following which those officials involved in the budget-making are shifted to the basement of the North Block for a period of 10 days.

On Tuesday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the first part of the Budget Session will start on January 29 and continue till February 15, and the second part of the session will be held from March 8 to April 8.

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