Budget 2025: The government will present the budget on 1 February 2025. This will be the first full budget of the third term of the Modi government. Common people have high expectations from the first full budget of the government. It is an old tradition to have a special ceremony before the Budget. The name of this tradition is Halwa Ceremony. Every year Halwa Ceremony is organized before the Union Budget. The Halwa Ceremony is a special tradition of the Finance Ministry, in which Halwa is made and distributed to mark the beginning of the Budget process.
Importance of Halwa Ceremony
In India, there is a tradition of sweetening the mouth before any big work. Keeping this in mind, the Halwa Ceremony was started. In this ceremony, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman herself is present during the Halwa ceremony. She participates in the Halwa ceremony with all her colleagues. Halwa is distributed among all. After this the process of preparing the budget document begins. The Halwa Ceremony is not just a tradition but marks the beginning of the budget process.
What is the old tradition related to budget?
In the year 2021, the budget became paperless due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the tradition of Halwa ceremony continued. After the ceremony, all the officials of the Finance Ministry go to the basement of North Block to prepare the budget. It is ensured that no information related to the budget is leaked.
Budget and Mobile App
This year also the budget document will be available on the Union Budget mobile app. The app can be downloaded on both Android and iOS platforms. These documents will be visible on the app after the Finance Minister’s speech ends on 1 February 2025. Apart from this, after the presentation of the budget, the budget can also be seen on the website of the Finance Ministry.
Halwa ceremony was not held once
Every year, Halwa Ceremony is organized before the Union Budget. However, it was postponed at the time of Corona.
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