Budget 2021: Halwa Ceremony will be organized before the budget today at 3:30 pm in North Block, in this old tradition, Halwa is made in the Ministry of Finance, distributed among all the employees and then sweetened by all the work of the budget. Get together
New Delhi: Budget 2021: Union Budget 2021 is to be presented on 1 February. Today, Halwa Ceremony will be organized in the Finance Ministry at 3:30 in the afternoon, this is a tradition which has been going on for a long time. Finance program Nirmala Sitharaman (FM Nirmala Sitharaman), Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and other senior officials will attend the event to be held in the North Block of Parliament.
Let’s get something sweet before the budget!
Earlier it was being said that in view of the corona epidemic, Halwa Ceremony will not be organized this time, which was denied by the Finance Ministry. Let us tell you that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget (Union Budget 2021) on 1 February. The idea behind pudding ceremonies is that before starting every auspicious work, something sweet should be eaten,
Budget work starts with ‘Halwa Ceremony’ today
Today the budget ceremony will be organized in Parliament. After this ceremony, the officials said that the employees involved in the process of budget formation will be kept in the basement of North Block for 10 days till the budget is presented. Significantly, the team preparing the budget is not in contact with anyone after the halwa ceremony, until the budget is ready. Even the family members do not keep in touch with them.
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No printing of budget documents this year
These employees will come out of the basement only when the Finance Minister presents the budget in Parliament. This step is taken precautionally as no information about the budget is leaked. Budget documents will not be printed this year due to Corona epidemic. Apart from this, Economic Survey will also not be printed on paper. The Economic Review will be laid on the Table of Parliament on 29 January. This year both these documents will be given to MPs in digital form only.
The first phase of the budget session will begin on January 29 and will end on February 15. The second session of the budget will run from March 8 to April 8. The budget session will begin on January 29 with the President’s address. The budget will be presented on 1 February. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi has told that the second phase of the budget session will be from 8 March to 8 April. He said that Kovid-19 protocol will be given due attention during the session.
Budget session will start from 29 January
