Finances 2023: Union Finances To Be Delivered In Paperless Kind, Says Ministry

New Delhi:

The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday mentioned the Union Finances 2023-24 will likely be delivered in paperless kind just like the earlier two ones.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will current the finances on February 1.

“The Finances paperwork will likely be obtainable on the Union Finances Cell App on each the Android and Apple OS platforms after the completion of the Finances Speech by the Finance Minister in Parliament on 1st February, 2023, ” the ministry posted on its Twitter deal with.

Just like the earlier two Union Budgets, Union Finances 2023-24 may also be delivered in paperless kind. The Union Finances 2023-24 is to be introduced on 1st February, 2023. (2/4)

— Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) January 25, 2023

The Halwa ceremony, marking the ultimate stage of the Finances preparation course of, will likely be held tomorrow on the Union Finance Ministry headquarters, North Block, New Delhi. The Finance Minister, the Minister of State, and different prime officers working with the finance ministry are normally current throughout theceremony, it mentioned.

The Ministry additionally tweeted, “The Halwa ceremony, marking the ultimate stage of the Finances preparation course of for Union Finances 2023-24, will likely be held tomorrow within the presence of Union Finance & Company Affairs Minister Smt. @nsitharaman, within the Finances Press located inside North Block.”

Together with the Union FM, the Halwa ceremony will likely be attended by the Union Ministers of State for Finance, together with Secretaries of the Ministry of Finance in addition to senior officers and members of the Union Finances Press, it mentioned.

The finance minister begins the Halwa ceremony by stirring the halwa in a kadhai after which serves it to colleagues on the ministry’s headquarters within the nationwide capital.

Final 12 months, a “Union Finances Cell App” was additionally launched for hassle-free entry of Finances paperwork by Members of Parliament (MPs) and most of the people after the method of the Finances presentation was accomplished in Parliament.

This 12 months’s Finances presentation holds significance as it’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi authorities’s final full finances earlier than the following parliamentary elections, slated for April-Might 2024.

Final 12 months, the customary Halwa ceremony didn’t happen for the primary time in view of the well being and security considerations of individuals as a result of covid and as an alternative sweets have been offered to the core workers as a result of present process “lock-in” at their workplaces.

The Union Finance Ministry prepares the Finances in session with the Niti Aayog and anxious ministries.

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