New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the pre-budget consultations with States and Union Territories (with Legislature) in New Delhi.

The meeting was attended by the Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary; Governor of Manipur; Chief Ministers of Goa, Haryana, Meghalaya, Sikkim, UT of Delhi and UT of Jammu and Kashmir; Deputy Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana; the Finance Ministers and other Ministers representing States and UT with Legislature. The Secretaries of Departments of Economic Affairs, Expenditure, and Revenue, and other senior officials of the Union Ministry of Finance and States/UT Governments also attended ...