 Summary of this article
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman followed tradition by calling on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget for 2026–27.
- The FY27 Budget is expected to focus on sustaining growth, maintaining fiscal discipline and addressing global economic uncertainties while boosting domestic demand and jobs.
Ahead of presenting her ninth consecutive Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday paid a customary call on President Droupadi Murmu.
In keeping with established tradition, the finance minister met the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan before proceeding to Parliament.
Earlier, Sitharaman posed for photographs with her Budget team outside her office at Kartavya Bhavan. Dressed in a magenta Kanchivaram saree from Tamil Nadu, she carried a tablet in a red pouch bearing the national emblem, and was accompanied by the Minister of State and the six secretaries of her ministry.
"Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget. The President extended her best wishes to the Union Finance Minister and her team for the presentation of Budget," the President of India’s office said in a post on X.
President Murmu also offered ‘dahi-chini’ (curd and sugar), considered auspicious, to Sitharaman before she departed for Parliament to present the Union Budget.
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