Pre-Budget consultation meetings for 2024-25
FM will be presenting the Union budget for 2024-25 on 23rd July 2024. In line with this, Pre-Budget consultation meeting within Ministry of Finance, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, begun from 19th June 2024 and concluded on 5th July 2024.
More than 120 invitees across stakeholder groups including experts and representatives from
Farmer associations & agriculture economists,
Trade unions;
Education & health sector;
Employment & skilling sector
Economists and
Representatives from MSME, trade & services industry, infrastructure, energy and urban sector, financial sector & capital markets, participated in the meetings.
Union Ministers of State for Finance, Finance Secretary, Secretary Economic Affairs, Chief Economic Adviser and other senior officers from the Ministry of Finance and Ministries concerned were also present during relevant meetings.
In the course of the consultations, FM is said to have expressed gratitude to the participants for sharing valuable suggestions and assured experts and representatives that their suggestions would be carefully examined and considered while preparing the Union Budget 2024-25.