Union Budget 2021-22 | FM Nirmala Sitharaman concludes pre-Budget meetings with stakeholders More than 170 invitees representing nine stakeholder groups participated in the 15 meetings that were held between December 14 and 23 as a part of the Finance Ministry's pre-Budget consultations for Budget 2021. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has concluded the pre-Budget meetings for Union Budget 2021-22. The meetings began on December 14 and ended on December 23. Union Budget 2021 is likely to be presented on February 1. Sitharaman had chaired all the pre-budget consultations that were held online with multiple stakeholders, including farmer bodies, economists, industry bodies, etc., to seek their inputs on how to revive the economy impacted by the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.