Pre-budget consultations will start today. In this exercise, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will hold meetings with different stakeholders including, representatives of industry chambers, trade unions, financial services sector and state finance ministers to get sector-specific suggestions for the Budget. On the first day today, Mr. Jaitley will hold a meeting with social sector related groups and representatives of the Agriculture sector. The General Budget is likely to be presented in the first week of July. It will be the first major policy document of the Narendra Modi government which will spell out the direction of the economy.