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Interim Budget 2019: Finance ministry clarifies it will have 'interim' name

Issues clarification after reports suggest a sense of confusion among govt officials and media

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Piyush Goyal

Last Updated : Jan 31 2019 | 4:49 PM IST

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will present interim Budget on February 1, the finance ministry has clarified. There were speculations over the nature of the Budget following a workshop by Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Tuesday, where it was reportedly mentioned that it will be titled General Budget, 2019-20.

Confusion gathered momentum after the commerce ministry on Wednesday in a whatsapp message to media said: "do not refer Budget 2019-20 as interim Budget, it is officially referred as general Budget 2019-20".

As some TV channels ran the story that it would be a full-fledged Budget, the finance ministry intervened on Wednesday

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