Bhubaneswar: The Finance department has sought suggestions from people from cross section of the society for preparation of annual budget for the financial year 2020-21.

Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari said, “People and organisations can send their suggestions through email on [email protected]. This apart, they can send their views on WhatsApp, Telegram and SMS to mobile no. 9438161111.”

He added people and civil society organizations can give their suggestions from December 18 and January 15.

The state government has been taking inputs from people to make the budget simple and people-oriented for past few years.

Earlier, the Finance department was taking suggestions on email and SMS only. Later the inputs were sought through WhatsApp and Telegram also.