The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is visiting Guwahati on February 27, 2020. The Finance Minister will meet with industry representatives, trade bodies, investment bankers 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, academicians, policy experts, tax experts and various other opinion leaders regarding the salient features of the Budget.

The Finance Minister will be joined by Shri Rajeev Kumar, Secretary (Finance & DFS), Shri Atanu Chakraborty, Secretary (Department of Economic Affairs), Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Secretary (Revenue), Shri T.V. Somanathan, Secretary (Expenditure), Shri P.C. Mody, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), & Shri Ajit Kumar, Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC).

The Finance Minister will also hold a press conference in Hotel Vivanta by Taj, Khanapara later on the same day.

The Finance Minister had similar interactive sessions in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad & Bengaluru. 

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