Mumbai: The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman is visiting Mumbai on February 7 this month. The Finance Minister will meet with industry representatives, trade bodies, investment bankers and farmers’ organizations and interact with them on various themes and provisions in the Union Budget 2020-21, presented in Parliament on February 1, 2020. She will also hold another detailed interactive session with economists, tax practitioner associations, financial and accounting firms, professional bodies, academicians, policy makers and various other opinion leaders regarding the salient features of the Budget.
The Finance Minister will be joined by Secretary (Expenditure), Secretary (Revenue), Secretary (Financial Services), Secretary (Economic Affairs) and Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).The Finance Minister is scheduled to hold similar interactions in Chennai, Kolkata and later in Bengaluru.
