Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman concludes pre-Budget meetings

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the pre-budget consultation meetings for Budget 2022-2023 held in virtual mode from December 15 to 22, 2021.

New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday chaired the pre-budget consultation meetings for Budget 2022-2023 held in virtual mode from December 15 to 22, 2021.

As per an official release by the Ministry of Finance, more than 120 invitees representing 7 stakeholder groups participated in 8 meetings scheduled during this period. The stakeholder groups include representatives and experts from Agriculture and Agro-Processing Industry; Industry, Infrastructure, and Climate Change; Financial Sector and Capital Markets; Services and Trade; Social Sector; Trade Union, and Labour Organization and Economists.

Union Ministers of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, and senior officers from the Ministry of Finance were also present during the meetings. Secretaries of other Ministries, departments concerned participated through online mode.