All-party meeting convened by government, ahead of Budget Session of Parliament, begins in New Delhi
The All-party meeting convened by the Government, ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament, is underway at Parliament House Complex in New Delhi. The meeting is being attended by Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Pralhad Joshi and Piyush Goyal. NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of TMC, Elamaram Kareem of CPI(M), Priyanka Chaturvedi of Shiv Sena (UBT), Manoj Jha of RJD, Sanjay Singh of AAP are among those attending the meeting.
At the meeting, the Government will seek cooperation from all political parties to ensure the smooth functioning of both Houses of Parliament during the Session.
The Budget Session of Parliament will begin tomorrow. The Session will commence with the address by President Droupadi Murmu to the Joint Sitting of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the Central Hall. The Economic Survey will also be tabled in both Houses on the first day of the Session. The Union Budget 2023-24 will be presented on Wednesday.
The Budget session will continue till the 6th of April this year. It will have 27 sittings spread over 66 days. The first part of the Session will go on till the 13th of February.
It will also have a recess from the 14th of February to the 12th of March to enable the department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees to examine the Demands for Grants and make reports relating to their Ministries and Departments. The second part of the Budget Session will begin on the 13th of March and continue till the 6th of April.
