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For the archetypal time, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025) held a abstracted gathering with startup founders and representatives arsenic portion of her pre-Budget consultations.
“Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. @nsitharaman chairs the 5th Pre-Budget consultation with the stakeholders from the startups ecosystem successful transportation with the forthcoming Union Budget 2026-27, successful New Delhi, today,” the Ministry of Finance announced connected Tuesday connected its societal media handles.
Prior to this, Ms. Sitharaman has truthful acold held pre-budget consultative meetings with starring economists, representatives from husbandman associations and agriculture economists, stakeholders from micro, tiny and mean enterprises, and stakeholders from the superior markets.
While the Finance Minister has met with these groups earlier astir each of the erstwhile 8 budgets she has presented, The Hindu has confirmed with the Ministry of Finance that this is the archetypal clip she has met representatives of the startup manufacture successful a abstracted meeting.
It has been learnt that the gathering was attended by representatives of Teal India, eVidyaloka, BoAt, Miko, Daalchini Technologies, IIMK Live, 100percent Nourishment, Gaja Capital, and Draftspotting Technologies, among others.
On behalf of the Government of India, the gathering was besides attended by Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Anuradha Thakur, and Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran.
