FM Sitharaman performs ‘Halwa’ distribution, marks final stage of 2023 Budget preparations

Jan 26, 2023

New Delhi, January 26 (ANI): The customary ‘Halwa’ distribution was performed on January 26, before the “lock-in” process of officials involved in the Budget preparation, in the presence of Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The ceremony marks the final stage of preparing the Union Budget. The Finance Minister begins the distribution by stirring the ‘halwa’ in the ‘kadhai’ and then serves it to colleagues at the ministry’s headquarters in the National Capital.