Union Budget will be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on July 10
File photo of a parliament session. (Photo: TV grab)
New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on July 7 and will end on August 14. The first General Budget of the Narendra Modi government will be presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley on July 10, while Sadananda Gowda will unveil the Railway Budget on July 8. The Economic Survey will be released on July 9.
The decision on the dates for the session was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs that was chaired by home minister Rajnath Singh. The meeting was held in parliamentary affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu’s room in Parliament House.
The CCPA decided that bills to replace ordinances, including the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities (Amendment) Ordinance, the one on Polavaram, the TRAI Act (Amendment) Ordinance and the one on Sebi, will be brought on a priority basis for consideration in the session.
The ordinances have to be converted into bills by the third week of July. The session will have a total of 28 sittings.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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