FY23 Budget: Persist with thrust on infra, India Inc tells FM Sitharaman

FM to meet economists on December 22 for pre-Budget consultations

Ahead of the Union Budget 2022-23, industry bodies advised Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and top Budget makers that the government continue its thrust on public investment in infrastructure (infra) and capital expenditure (capex) to enable sustained economic recovery.

Sitharaman and her officials, including Finance Secretary T V Somanathan, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj, and Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth, held pre-Budget consultations with industry bodies, such as the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), among others, on Thursday.

On Friday, Sitharaman and the finance ministry officials will meet representatives of the