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Business News/ Photos / Budget 2017 ‘halwa’ ceremony: All you need to know about it

Budget 2017 ‘halwa’ ceremony: All you need to know about it

'Halwa' ceremony marks the beginning of the printing of documents for the Union Budget 2017-18. In images

Finance minister Arun Jaitley at the ‘halwa’ ceremony. Photo: PTI

1/4Finance minister Arun Jaitley at the ‘halwa’ ceremony. Photo: PTI

The significance of the sweet dish is that after it is served, a large number of officials and support staff, who are directly associated with the budget and the printing process, are required to stay at the ministry and remain cut off from their families till it is presented. Photo: PTI

2/4The significance of the sweet dish is that after it is served, a large number of officials and support staff, who are directly associated with the budget and the printing process, are required to stay at the ministry and remain cut off from their families till it is presented. Photo: PTI

Budget 2017, which will be the third full-fledged budget of the present NDA government, is scheduled to be unveiled in Parliament on 1 February. Photo: PTI

3/4Budget 2017, which will be the third full-fledged budget of the present NDA government, is scheduled to be unveiled in Parliament on 1 February. Photo: PTI

The first budget of Independent India was presented by R. K. Shanmukham Chetty on 26 November 1947. Photo: PTI

4/4The first budget of Independent India was presented by R. K. Shanmukham Chetty on 26 November 1947. Photo: PTI

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