Union Cabinet to meet ahead of parliament session to approve Budget 2022-23
The Budget Session of Parliament will commence today and is scheduled to conclude on April 8 wherein the first part of the session will extend up to February 11, said the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Sunday.
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New Delhi, Jan 31: Ahead of the presentation of Budget 2022-23, the current Union cabinet of India will hold a meeting on Tuesday (February 1) at 10:10 am with the purpose to approve the Union Budget.
As per the source, following the assent of the Council of Ministers, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a paperless budget for the second time in the history of the country. Earlier, the Union Budget of 2021-22 was delivered in paperless form last year for the first time.
The Budget Session of Parliament will commence today and is scheduled to conclude on April 8 wherein the first part of the session will extend up to February 11, said the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Sunday. The first part of the Budget session will have 10 sittings between January 31 and February 11 while 19 sittings are scheduled for the second part between March 14 and April 8.
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"There will be a break from February 12 to March 13 during which the Standing Committees will examine Demands-for-Grants of Ministries/Departments and prepare reports thereon. In all, there will be 29 sittings; ten in the first part and 19 in the second part," the Lok Sabha Secretariat's press release stated.
From February 2 to 11, the House is scheduled to sit from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thus, five hours have been scheduled per sitting during the first part of the Budget Session. "During the first of the session, the members will be accommodated in Lok Sabha Chamber and its Galleries (except Press Gallery) and Rajya Sabha Chamber and its Galleries (except Press Gallery)," the release further stated.
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