Budget 2022: Sweets distributed in FinMin, core staff to undergo lock-in
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman will present the Union Budget on February 1, 2022.
New Delhi: Sweets were distributed in the Finance Ministry on Thursday (January 27) to mark the Halwa Ceremony before Budget 2022. For the unversed, the Halwa Ceremony marks the final stage of the Union Budget making process.
In the pre-Covid times, India’s Finance Minister, every year, used to serve halwa prepared in a large vessel to the staff involved in the making of the Budget. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic fears, the ministry decided to distribute sweets instead.
Following the Halwa ceremony, core staff will undergo lock-in at their workplaces. The step is taken to maintain the secrecy of the Union Budget. From the day Halwa Ceremony is celebrated till the presentation on the Budget, the key staff will stay at Budget Press, situated inside North Block.