Budget 2024: Finance Minister kicks off Interim Budget process with halwa ceremony in North Block

According to a Finance Ministry statement, all Union Budget documents, including the Annual Financial Statement (commonly known as the Budget), Demand for Grants, Finance Bill, and other documents required by the Constitution, will be available on the "Union Budget Mobile App" for easy access by MPs and the general public.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the Halwa ceremony as the final stage preparations for the Interim Union Budget 2024 commences, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo)

Budget 2024: The Halwa ceremony, which marks the final stage of preparation for the Interim Union Budget 2024, was held in North Block on Wednesday in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad. Every year, the customary Halwa ceremony is held before the "lock-in" process of budget creation begins, after which officials involved in the budget making exercise are not permitted to leave North Block.

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Like the previous three full Union Budgets, the Interim Union Budget 2024 will also be presented in paperless form. The Finance Ministry said that it will be delivered on February 1.

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Final stage of preparations for #InterimUnionBudget2024 commences with #HalwaCeremony2024 in presence of Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman, Union Minister of State for Finance Dr. @DrBhagwatKarad.

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According to a Finance Ministry statement, all Union Budget documents, including the Annual Financial Statement (commonly known as the Budget), Demand for Grants, Finance Bill, and other documents required by the Constitution, will be available on the "Union Budget Mobile App" for easy access by MPs and the general public.

The materials will be published in both English and Hindi, and will be available on both Android and iOS devices. The App is also available for download via the Union Budget Web Portal (www.indiabudget.gov.in).

As part of the ceremony, the Union Finance Minister toured the Budget Press Room and assessed the preparations, and sent her best wishes to the officials involved.

The budget session of Parliament will begin on January 31 and end on February 9.

This will be the final session of Parliament before the Lok Sabha elections.

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