Budget 2022 Going to be 'Paperless'; No Halwa Ceremony Amid Covid Fears. Know More
News 18Budget 2022: India has been in the middle of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic for days now, fuelled by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, and has been recording lakhs of cases since January. Amid fears of the third wave, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget 2022-23 in a paperless format like last year, the ministry of finance has said. The Union Budget 2022 -23 would also be available on the Mobile App after the process of Budget presentation has been completed on 1st February 2022 in the Parliament,” it added. “To mark the final stage of the Union Budget making process, sweets were provided to the core staff due to undergo “lock-in” at their workplaces, instead of a customary Halwa ceremony every year in view of the prevailing pandemic situation and the need to observe health safety protocols,” said the finance ministry. The Union Budget 2022 will be presented on February 1, Tuesday, by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at 11 am.