FM Nirmala Sitharaman to arrive in Sikkim today for four-day visit

Gangtok: Union minister of finance and corporate affairs Nirmala Sitharaman will be in Sikkim on a four-day visit from today. The minister is scheduled to interact with industrialists and students on Union Budget 2023-24 and flag off programmes of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, among other engagements.

Union minister of finance and corporate affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, along with minister of state for finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, will attend a post-budget interactive session at Chintan Bhawan in Gangtok today evening. She will deliver the keynote address on the salient features of Union Budget



2023-24.  

This will be followed by an interaction with industrialists and stakeholders such as the Sikkim Chamber of Commerce, tax professionals, corporates, associations and entrepreneurs. The event will be also attended by senior officials of GST, income tax, banking sector and other departments.

Smt. Sitharaman’s other engagements in Sikkim include interaction with students of Sikkim University on the budget; flagging off of various programmes of NABARD along with cheque distribution to beneficiaries; and public interaction at Lachen Dzumsa and inauguration of an SBI ATM in Mangan district.