Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called on President Droupadi Murmu before presenting the Budget for 2024-25 on July 23.
As per established tradition, the Finance Minister met the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before heading to Parliament.
President Murmu offered 'dahi-chini' (curd-sugar), considered auspicious, to Sitharaman before she left for Parliament to present the Union Budget.
Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman along with Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget, in New Delhi.
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The convoy of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other officials leave the Rashtrapati Bhavan for Parliament.
Published 23 July 2024, 07:08 IST