Customary halwa-making ceremony to be held on January 23 ahead of Union Budget presentation SECTIONS Last Updated: Jan 22, 2021, 06:34 PM IST Share Synopsis Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, Secretaries of Finance Ministry and other officials of the ministry will be present at the ceremony, which will be held at North Block. NEW DELHI: The customary halwa ceremony, which marks the process of printing documents for the Union Budget, will be hosted by the Finance Ministry on Saturday (January 23) ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget on February 1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, Secretaries of Finance Ministry and other officials of the ministry will be present at the ceremony, which will be held at North Block.