Budget 2026: In a social media post, the Ministry of Finance stated that Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman today chaired the first Pre-Budget consultation meeting with the country’s leading economists in New Delhi for the upcoming Union Budget 2026-27. The meeting was attended by the Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, along with the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and senior officers from the Department of Economic Affairs. The Pre-Budget consultation with economists started at 10 am and will continue till 12 noon.
This will be followed by another round of consultations with eminent agriculturists and farmer organisations scheduled from 1 PM to 3 PM. These meetings mark the beginning of the series of Pre-Budget discussions that the Finance Ministry conducts every year as part of the budget preparation process. A Pre-Budget meeting is a consultation and discussion process held by government finance officials and the Finance Minister with various stakeholders before the final annual budget is formulated and presented to the legislature.
