The 46th GST Council meeting holds importance ahead of the Union Budget, which is presented on the first day of February by the Finance Minister in Parliament.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the pre-Budget consultations with Finance Ministers of all States and Union Territories for the upcoming Union Budget 2022-23 at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan today.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met infrastructure and financial sector stakeholders on Thursday as part of pre-Budget deliberations to seek their inputs for Budget 2022-23. The consultations with different stakeholder groups will be held virtually, the Finance Ministry said.