The Union Budget 2022-23 is to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2022, in the paperless form once again. This will be her fourth Budget.<\/p>\n
The Union Budget of 2021-22 was delivered in paperless form for the first time. A ‘Union Budget Mobile App’ was also launched for hassle-free access of Budget documents by Members of Parliament (MPs) and the general public.<\/p>\n
Amid fears of the virulent Omicron variant, the finance ministry has this time around dispensed with the traditional pre-Budget ‘Halwa ceremony’ and instead distributed sweets to core staff due for a ‘lock-in’ at their workplace.<\/p>\n
To mark the final stage of the Union Budget making process, sweets were provided to the core staff due to undergo lock-in at their workplaces, instead of a customary Halwa ceremony every year in view of the prevailing pandemic situation and the need to observe health safety protocols,” it added.<\/p>\n
There used to be photos where the FM would be cooking the traditional Halwa before the officials are locked in a room before the Budget presentation.<\/p>\n
Right now only sweets were distributed in a limited fashion and no cooking of the Halwa by the FM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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