FM Nirmala Sitharaman kicks off pre-budget consultations

Pre-Budget consultations were kicked off today as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman held meetings with industry chamber heads and infrastructure experts seeking suggestions.

The meeting, which was held virtually, was attended by senior officials of the finance ministry and minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary and Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad.

"Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman chairs her 1st #PreBudget2023 consultation with the first group of captains from Industry & experts of #Infrastructure and #ClimateChange, in New Delhi, today," the Ministry of Finance said in a tweet.


"The 2nd #PreBudget2023 meeting is being attended by MoS Finance Shri @mppchaudhary and Dr @DrBhagwatKarad ; Finance Secretary Dr T.V. Somanathan; Secretaries of DEA, @SecyDIPAM, DoR, @DFS_India, CEA Dr Anantha Nageswaran & Senior Economic Advisor @FinMinIndia," it added.

The participants gave suggestions on the 2023-24 Budget, which will be presented in Parliament by the Finance Minister on February 1.

(With inputs from PTI)