Expenditure Budget format rejig likely

The Budget for 2017-18 could see a major change in the way the expenditure budget is presented. Several heads are likely to be clubbed and presented under broad heads, top government officials involved in the process said.

For example, railways, roads and highways, and shipping could form a section within the Budget as an omnibus transport sector. There could be clubbing of other expenditure heads, too. Social sector ministries, such as health, education and social justice, might form another such subset.

"This is akin to presenting a mini-Budget for each sector of the economy," a minister in one