New Delhi, June 21 (KNN) Ahead of the GST council meet, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a pre-budget meeting with Finance Ministers of all states today to discuss important inclusions which are to be made in the Union Budget.

In another budget-related development, the Ministry of Finance has sought inputs from citizens from all walks of life in order to make the Union Budget-making process participative and inclusive.

Sitharaman, who is the first full-time woman finance minister, will present the budget for 2019-20 on July 5. The Economic Survey for 2019-20 will be tabled on July 4.

The Finance Minister Budget team consists of Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur and Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian.

The official team is led by Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, Expenditure Secretary Girish Chandra Murmu, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, DIPAM Secretary Atanu Chakraborty, and Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar.