Ahead of Union Budget 2022, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla calls all-party meetings on Jan 30 to discuss the issues and arrangements related to budget 2022. Also every year the government hosts a 'halwa ceremony', a few days before the Budget is presented, marking the official kick-off of events. The 'halwa ceremony' is a customary pre-Budget event that formally flags off the printing of different documents associated with the Budget. However, this year owing to the COVID-19 situation, the Halwa ceremony was not performed, and instead, sweets were provided to the core staff who are due to undergo “lock-in” at their workplaces.
Meanwhile, the final Budget date of 2022 has been released, The finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman on February 1 at 11 am will release the Union Budget 2022. The first part of budget 2022 will start from January 31 and will continue till 11 February.