Parliament Budget Session: Parliament session begins with President’s address to both Houses

Parliament Budget Session: The Budget Session of Parliament begins with President Droupadi Murmu addressing a joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

The last session before Lok Sabha polls expected to be held in April-May this year is to provide a total of eight sittings spread over a period of 10 days.

Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her sixth consecutive budget on February 1. Nirmala Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, has already marked her legacy by presenting five full budgets since assuming office in July 2019.

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The proceedings of both the Houses will start half an hour after the President's address. The Secretary Generals of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are scheduled to lay on the table of their respective Houses a copy of the President's address.

Obituary references would be made to ex-MPs Bhadreshwar Tanti, Sonawane Pratap Narayanrao in Lok Sabha and Hari Shankar Bhabhra, Shrimati Sushree Devi in the Upper House.

While Lok Sabha MP TR Baalu is scheduled to lay on the Table the seventh report of the Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha MPs Anil Jain and GK Vasan are to present the seventy-sixth report of the Committee of Privileges on matter of breach of privilege against 11 Members for shouting slogans and displaying placards thereby disrupting the proceedings of the House, in gross violation of the Rules of the House and utter disregard to the authority of the Chair in the Upper House.

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The Central government on Tuesday held a meeting under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with floor leaders of political parties ahead of the Interim Budget Session of the Parliament.

The Union Minister also informed that the session will mainly be devoted to the Financial Business relating to Interim Union Budget for the year 2024-25 and discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address, however essential Legislative and other Business will also be taken up during this session.

The meeting was attended by 45 leaders from 30 political parties. 

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