Final Preparations For Interim Budget 2024 Starts With Halwa Ceremony | Check Photos

Interim Union Budget 2024: A customary Halwa ceremony is performed every year before the 'lock-in' process of Budget preparation begins

The Halwa ceremony was held in North Block, on Wednesday in the presence of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad.

At the Halwa Ceremony, the Union Finance Minister was accompanied by TV. Somanathan, Finance Secretary & Secretary Expenditure; Ajay Seth, Secretary, Economic Affairs; Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, DIPAM; Sanjay Malhotra, Secretary, Revenue; Nitin Gupta, Chairman, Central Board for Direct taxes (CBDT); Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Chairman, Central Board for Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC); and Ashish Vachhani, Additional Secretary (Budget). Photo: PIB

All Budget documents, Demand for Grants, Finance Bill will available on the 'Union Budget Mobile App' for hassle-free access of Budget documents by MPs and the general public using the simplest form of digital convenience. Photo: PIB

The Budget documents will be available on the Mobile App after the completion of the Budget Speech by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on February, 1, 2024. Photo: PIB

Like the previous three full Union Budgets, this Interim Budget will also be delivered in paperless form. Photo: PIB

The Interim Union Budget 2024 is to be presented on February 1, 2024 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Photo: PIB