Union Budget 2022-23 to be presented on 1st February, 2022 in Paperless form

To mark the final stage of Union Budget making process, sweets provided to core staff due for “lock-in” at their work workplace instead of Halwa ceremony due to ongoing Pandemic and health safety concerns

Union Budget 2022-23 will be available on Mobile App after it is presented in Parliament

“Union Budget Mobile App” to provide easy and quick access to Union Budget information to all stakeholders

Mobile App is bilingual (English & Hindi) and is available on both Android and iOS platforms

Mobile App can be downloaded from the Union Budget Web Portal (www.indiabudget.gov.in)

All Budget documents will also be available for download on Union Budget Web Portal

The Union Budget 2022-23 is to be presented by the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on 1^st February, 2022 in Paperless form.

To mark the final stage of the Union Budget making process, sweets were provided to the core staff due to undergo “lock-in” at their workplaces, instead of a customary Halwa ceremony every year in view of the prevailing pandemic situation and the need to observe health safety protocols.

To maintain the secrecy of Budget, there is a “lock-in” of the officials involved in making the Budget. Budget Press, situated inside North Block, houses all officials in the period leading up to the presentation of the Union Budget. These officers and staff will come in contact with their near and dear ones only after the Budget is presented by the Union Finance Minister in the Parliament.

In a historic move, the Union Budget of 2021-22 was delivered in paperless form for the first time. A “Union Budget Mobile App” was also launched for hassle-free access of Budget documents by Members of Parliament (MPs) and the general public. The Union Budget 2022-23 would also be available on the Mobile App after the process of Budget presentation has been completed on 1^st February 2022 in the Parliament.

The mobile App allows complete access to 14 Union Budget documents, including the Budget Speech, Annual Financial Statement (commonly known as Budget), Demand for Grants (DG), Finance Bill etc. as prescribed by the Constitution. The mobile app is bilingual (English & Hindi) and is available on both Android and iOS platforms.

The App can also be downloaded from the Union Budget Web Portal (www.indiabudget.gov.in). The budget documents will also be available for download by the general public on Union Budget Web Portal (www.indiabudget.gov.in).

Paperless budget presentation enables immediate public access to constitutional budget documents via a bilingual mobile app. The Union Budget will be presented in digital form on 1 February 2022, with officials under a lock-in regime until presentation; all constitutionally prescribed Budget documents will be made publicly available via a bilingual mobile application and the Union Budget Web Portal, including the Budget Speech, Annual Financial Statement, Demand for Grants and Finance Bill.