Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on June 22 chaired a pre-budget meeting with Finance Ministers of all States and Union Territories.
The Pre-Budget Meeting is organised by the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs with Finance Ministers of all the States and Union Territories (with Legislature) to take suggestions for the upcoming Union Budget 2024-25.
Ministers of State along with other stakeholders are participating in the meeting and visuals showed Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna, and Finance Minister of Rajasthan Diya Kumari at the Bharat Mandapam venue. Sitharaman had begun consultations on the budget a few days ago with different stakeholders of economy. Sitharaman has met economists, finance and capital market experts and industry bodies.
Sitharaman chaired the first pre-Budget consultations with leading economists on June 19. The meeting was attended by Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, the finance secretary, secretaries of the departments of economic affairs, revenue, financial services and corporate affairs and the chief economic adviser.
Later, Sitharaman also chaired the 53rdGoods and Services Tax (GST) Council Meeting.This is the first meeting of the GST council after the formation of the new government.State finance ministers will also be present at the 53rd meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council.
