Union Budget 2022 will be the tenth budget presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, including one interim budget presented in the general election year of 2019
It will be Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's fourth budget presentation. She will begin her budget speech in Lok Sabha at 11.00 am on Feb. 1
Year on year, the Union Government generally hosts the customary Halwa Ceremony to mark the final stage of the Union Budget making process.
Setting a new trend, the Union Budget of 2021-22 was presented in paperless form for the first time. Budget 2022-23 will also follow the same trend
Government had launched a ‘Union Budget Mobile App’, which facilitated hassle-free access of the budget documents for the MPs and the general public in the country.
Viewers can watch Sitharaman’s Budget 2022 speech from 11 am tomorrow on the official Parliament channel -- Sansad TV.
The 2022 union budget comes just days before 5 key state elections giving rise to expectations of higher social sector spends and a social security plan even.