Budget 2019: Union Cabinet to meet ahead of the budget 2019 presentation

Normally, close to the general elections, an Interim Budget is presented mainly to seek a vote-on-account for four months to keep the wheels of official machinery running for ongoing programmes so that a new government could present a full budget.
Minister without portfolio Arun Jaitley had already indicated that the Interim Budget may go "beyond the traditional " vote-on-account as tackling agricultural challenges "can't afford to wait".