Pranab Mukherjee, who is holding additional charge of the finance portfolio, will be presenting the Interim Budget for 2009-10 on Monday at 1100 hrs.
Pranab on Sunday met the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed budget-related issues with him.
Singh went through the interim Budget related papers and after formally signing them, forwarded them to President Pratibha Patil, a PMO spokesman said.
"The prime minister also approved the interim budget speech," the spokesman added.
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