How is Union Budget Printed?
* The central budget
printing starts with the Halwa ceremony – ritual in which ‘halwa’
is prepared and served to the entire staff in the Finance Ministry along with
the Finance Minister.
* The employees involved in the printing of budget
are kept in complete isolation for one week before the budget.
No one, except some senior staff, is allowed communication with
their near & dear ones on phone or through any other form like email.
*Initially, union budget
papers were printed in Rashtrapati Bhavan. But in 1950, the Budget papers were
leaked.
Thus the printing venue was shifted to security press located in
Minto Road.
However, since 1980, the Budget
papers are being printed in North Block. There is a special printing
press in the basement of the North Block to print the Budget.
* The budget papers were
earlier printed in English only. The Hindi printing started only from 1955-56.
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