India Parliament on Feb 23, budget Feb 28 |
Indian Parliament budget session, in which the government seeks to convert six recent ordinances into legislations, is set to commence from February 23 and will conclude on May 8 with a month-long recess. The general budget will be presented on Saturday, February 28. Before that the railway budget will be presented on February 26 followed by the Economic Survey on February 27. The cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs which met in Delhi on January 21 recommended to the President the schedule of the budget session. The first part of the session will continue till March 20. The second part of the session will commence after a month-long recess from April 20. The session will conclude on May 8, official sources said. During the session, government will push for passage of bills on six ordinances promulgated recently. The ordinances include those on coal, mines and minerals, e-rickshaws, amendment to Citizenship Act, Land Acquisition and the one on FDI in insurance sector.
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