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Final stage of Union Budget preparation commences with the Halwa Ceremony
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the Budget preparation process for Union Budget 2026-27, was held today in the Budget Press at North Block, in the presence of Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Halwa ceremony marking lock-in of Budget documents to be held tomorrow eve
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The customary Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the budget preparation process for full Budget of 2025-26, is set to be held in North Block on Friday evening.
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Sitharaman hits back at Rahul Gandhi over "budget ka halwa" jibe, says cer
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his "budget ka halwa" jibe during discussion on union budget and said the ceremony is "more than just a ritual and a testament to the hard work and dedication" of the Finance Ministry offici
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Government should spend 2.5 pc of GDP on health sector: FICCI panel chief
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Ahead of the Budget session of parliament, Dr Harsh Mahajan, Chair of FICCI Health Services Committee and founder and chief radiologist of Mahajan Imaging and Labs, demanded government fulfil its 'promise' of spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on the healthcare sector.
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Halwa ceremony marking lock-in of Budget documents held at North Block
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The halwa ceremony is a significant event as it also marks the beginning of lockdown at the finance ministry. This means no official is allowed to leave the ministry compound. Everyone part of the Budget team is allowed to leave only after the financial document is presented in Parliament
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Halwa ceremony held to mark final stage of Interim Budget 2024 preparation
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the budget preparation process for Interim Union Budget 2024, was held in North Block on Wednesday in the presence of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
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Customary Halwa Ceremony held ahead of Budget 2023; See pictures
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The formal exercise to prepare the annual Budget for the next financial year (2023-24) commenced on October 10.
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Customary Halwa Ceremony held to mark final stage of Budget preparation
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The formal exercise to prepare the annual Budget for the next financial year (2023-24) commenced on October 10.
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Union Budget will be delivered in paperless form
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Twitter handle of the ministry posted on Wednesday, "The Budget documents will be available on the Union Budget Mobile App on both the Android and Apple OS platforms after the completion of the Budget Speech by the Finance Minister in Parliament on 1st February, 2023."
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Budget 2023: Halwa ceremony to be held tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The ceremony marks the final stage of preparing the Union Budget. The finance minister begins the ceremony by stirring the halwa in the kadhai and then serves it to their colleagues at the ministry's headquarters in Delhi.
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Budget 2022: Sitharaman to present 2nd paperless budget on Feb 1, no halwa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the customary 'Halwa ceremony' before the commencement of the Budget Session of the Parliament on February 1, will not take place for the first time keeping the health and safety concerns of people and instead
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Final stage of budget-making process starts with Halwa ceremony, Sitharama
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The 'Halwa ceremony', marking the final stage of the process of making the Union Budget 2021-22, was held in North Block here on Saturday afternoon in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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