NEW DELHI:
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman
on Saturday held her ninth
pre-Budget
consultation with the captains of industry, services and trade in connection with the
upcoming Union Budget
2021-22.
Apart from Sitharaman,
finance secretary AB Pandey
, expenditure secretary TV Somanathan,
DEA secretary Tarun Bajaj
and chief economic advisor KV Subramanian were also present in the meeting held here.
"Union Finance Minister Smt @nsitharaman holding her 9th Pre-Budget consultations with captains of industry, services and trade in connection with the forthcoming Union Budget 2021-22, in New Delhi today," the ministry of finance tweeted.
"Along with Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman, Finance Secretary Dr AB Pandey; Secretary, Expenditure, Shri TV Somanathan; Secretary, DEA, Shri Tarun Bajaj; CEA Shri @SubramanianKri besides other senior officials are also present in the meeting," it added.
Earlier, Sitharaman had held pre-Budget consultations with stakeholders of the social sector and top industrialists.