New Delhi (26.09.2025): The hallowed halls of North Block , which for nearly a century housed the powerful Union Finance Ministry and served as the epicentre of India's fiscal policy, witnessed a moment of finality today. In a poignant "Sayonara" gesture, top officials gathered outside the historical sandstone edifice at 4:30 pm for a group farewell photoshoot, marking the symbolic end of an era. The monumental complex, a colonial-era creation carved into the , has been the nation's administrative heartbeat since the days of the Imperial government. Beneath its lofty ceilings, successive governments have forged budgets, implemented reforms, and drafted landmark legislation. That era of history-making, however, is now definitively over. The Finance Ministry is set to complete i
End of an Era: The group photoshoot to mark ‘Sayonara’ to North Block’s Imperial Corridors today

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