The second part of the Budget session of Parliament will commence from Monday with all COVID-19 precautionary measures in place. The Rajya Sabha will function from 9 am to 2 pm while Lok Sabha will function between 4 pm to 10 pm. The second part of the session will conclude April 8, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had informed. The Budget Session of Parliament, which commenced with the address of President Ram Nath Kovind on January 29, concluded on February 29. The Union budget was tabled in the Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. The Lok Sabha clocked 99.5 per cent productivity during the first phase of the two-part Budget session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Secretariat said. Birla informed that during the first part of the Budget Session 2021, Lok Sabha sat for 49 hours and 17 minutes against the stipulated time of 50 hours.
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India s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds up a folder with the Government of India logo, as India s Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur look on as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
The Indian government recently announced a new budget aimed at providing a major boost to healthcare and infrastructure development. The budget is the country’s latest bid to spark a post-pandemic recovery and advance Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of
Atmanirbhar Bharat an economically self-reliant India. In a speech presenting the budget, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined six key pillars on which the budget is based: health and well-being; physical and financial capital and infrastructure; inclusive development for an aspirational India; reinvigorated human capital; innovation a
India is forceast to become the third largest construction market in the world by 2025 as it seeks to modernize infrastructure and create 'smart cities'.
As the Rajya Sabha proceedings began on Wednesday, Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Jairam Ramesh said that the time to discuss the Union Budget should be increased from 10 to 12 hours. There is a lot of interest among the members in discussing the Budget. My suggestion is that increase the time to debate the Budget from 10 hours to 12 hours, said Ramesh. The chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu said that he will see into it . The House also gave obituary reference and observed silence in respect of Mahendra Bahadur Singh who represented Madhya Pradesh. Rajya Sabha proceedings began for the day chaired by M Venkaiah Naidu. The first part of the budget session will conclude on February 13.