Parliament’s Budget session from today
President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lower and Upper Houses, last of present 17th Lok Sabha; FM Sitharaman will present interim Budget on Thu (Feb 1)
Demand List
- New govt will present full Budget after it assumes office
- Congress keen on unemployment, high inflation, agrarian distress
- Trinamool Congress demands for including pending dues to West Bengal
- It will be a brief session, concluding on Feb 9
New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament, the last of the present Lok Sabha, begins on Wednesday with President Droupadi Murmu addressing a joint sitting of the lower and upper Houses, and the government urging opposition parties to cooperate in the smooth conduct of the proceedings. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Budget on February 1 ahead of the Lok Sabha elections likely to be held in April-May.
The new government will present the full budget after it assumes office. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told a meeting of floor leaders of political parties in Parliament that Sitharaman will also present the Budget for Jammu and Kashmir, which is under the President’s Rule. Joshi said the main agenda of the 17th Lok Sabha’s brief session, set to conclude on February 9, was the President’s Address, presentation of the Interim Budget and the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address with a reply by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Opposition leaders raised a host of issues during the meeting of floor leaders chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
