Printing of Budget Documents of Union Budget 2015-16 Commenced with Halwa Ceremony; more than 100 Officials Involved in Making the Union Budget will be Locked in Press Till Union Budget is Presented in Lok Sabha by the Finance Minister on 28th February, 2015

More than 100 officials involved in making the Union Budget 2015-16 will be locked in from tomorrow in the Budget Press in North Block and will remain there till the Finance Ministers Budget Speech is over in Lok Sabha on 28th February, 2015. Halwa Ceremony marking the commencement of printing process of Budget documents of Union Budget 2015-16 was held here today in the presence of the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley. To maintain the secrecy of the Budget preparation process, there is a lock-in of the officials involved in making the Budget. Budget Press in North Block houses all these officials in the period leading up to the presentation of Union Budget in Parliament by the Finance Minister. These officers will gain touch with their near and dear ones only after the Union Budget is presented by the Finance Minister on Saturday, 28th February, 2015.