Union Budget 2022-23: Union Budget 2022-23 will be presented on February 1, 2022. This budget will be the fourth budget of the second term of the Modi government and also the fourth budget of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Let us know in detail.
New Delhi: The Ministry of Finance will prepare the annual budget for 2022-23 from October 12. The Narendra Modi-led government is going to prepare for its next budget year. In the next year’s budget, many such issues will focus on important issues like demand generation, job creation and keeping the economy on the path of continuous growth of more than 8 percent. This budget will be the fourth budget after the formation of Modi government and the fourth budget of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
What is said in the circular?
As per the Budget Circular (2022-23) dated 16 September 2021 of the Budget Division of the Department of Economic Affairs, the Pre-Budget/RE (Revised Estimates) meetings will start from 12 October 2021. As per this circular, all financial advisors should ensure that the necessary details relating to these meetings contained in Appendix I to VII are entered in the RE module of UBIS (Central Budget Information System).
Pre-Budget meeting will continue till second week of November
The Budget Estimates (BEs) for 2022-23 will be tentatively finalized after the expenditure secretary completes discussions with other secretaries and financial advisors. It said that the pre-budget meetings will start from October 12 and will continue till the second week of November. As per the circular, keeping in view the special circumstances of this year, the basis of the final budgetary allocation will be the overall financial position and will be subject to the absorption capacity of the Ministry/Department.
General budget to be presented on February 1
Let us tell you that the Union Budget 2022-23, will be presented on February 1, 2022. That is, the government will present its details. Significantly, the British tradition of presenting the budget at the end of February has now ended. In fact, on February 1, 2017, the then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the budget for the first time. With the first presentation of the budget, the ministries are now given their funds allocated in the budget at the beginning of the financial year i.e. in April itself. That is, now the old tradition has been abolished.
All eyes are on the budget
The cent
ral government is gradually meeting the target of keeping the fiscal deficit under control at 6.8 percent. But to give shape to the kind of development that the government has envisioned, the budget will have to be increased in every sector. While the economy grew by 20.1 per cent in the first quarter, GDP at constant prices was still 9.2 per cent lower than the first quarter of FY15, a pre-covid period. However, after the second wave of Kovid, all eyes are on the budget.
