Budget 2025 , halwa ceremony date and time: The pre-budget annual tradition - Halwa Ceremony – will be held on Friday, January 24. The finance ministry performs the customary ritual every year before the ‘lock-in’ process of officials involved in the Union Budget preparation starts.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman is set to present the Union Budget 2025-26 on Saturday, February 1. Ahead of this, the ministry will hold the annual tradition on Friday evening.
Marking the final stage of the preparation process of the Union Budget, the Halwa ceremony will be performed at 5 pm on Friday, January 24, in North Block.
What is halwa ceremony ? Traditionally, the 'Halwa Ceremony' is a pre-Budget event that formally flags off the printing of different documents associated with the budget, the consummation of the long-drawn Budget-making process that stretches over months During this ritual that has been going for decades, the Indian desert is prepared in a big wok (kadhai) and served to the Finance Ministry staff. The Finance Minister gives the go-ahead by stirring the kadhai and serving the sweet to officials. The ...
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Budget 2025: Halwa ceremony date and time - Finance Ministry's annual pre-budget custom