Official “Halwa” ceremony in New Delhi

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India: The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the Budget making process for Union Budget 2021-22, was held in Delhi’s North Block on Saturday in the presence of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

A customary Halwa ceremony is performed every year before the ‘lock-in’ process of Budget preparation begins.

At the Halwa Ceremony, the Union Finance Minister was accompanied by Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur; Dr AB Pandey, Finance Secretary & Secretary (Revenue); TV Somanathan, Secretary, Expenditure; Tarun Bajaj, Secretary, Economic Affairs; Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, DIPAM; Debashish Panda, Secretary, Financial Services; Dr KV Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor; Rajat Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary (Budget) and other officials of the Ministry.

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