Kuch meetha ho jaye: Jaitley sweetens bitter budget with halwa

[caption id=“attachment_89531” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] Finance minister Arun Jaitley and commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman participate in the ‘halwa ceremony’ marking the beginning of printing of budgetary documents. The ceremony also means that barring senior Finance Ministry officials, all officials and support staff who are part of the process of printing the budget cannot go home have to stay in the ministry until the document is presented in Parliament. Markets will be hoping the budget is as sweet as the halwa the finance minister prepared. PTI image[/caption]