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New Delhi: After a series of meetings with farmers associations and economists, the Finance Minister Nirmla Sitharaman on Friday chaired a pre-budget consultation meeting with Chief Ministers of various states and union territories in Jaisalmer.
The meeting was attended by Union Minister for State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Chief Ministers of Goa, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Odisha; Deputy Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana; the Finance Ministers of States/UTs.
The Secretaries of Departments of Economic Affairs and Expenditure, and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance were also present during the meeting.
The minister has so far held a series of meetings with various stakeholders, including with MSMEs, farmers’ associations, and economists. Several pre-Budget consultation meetings annually with experts, industry leaders, economists, and state officials. The formal exercise to prepare the annual Budget for the next financial year has already begun.
As is the convention, the Budget for 2025-26 will be tabled on February 1, 2025.
