Budget session of Gujarat Assembly from February 26
India | Feb 25, 2020, 07:30 PM ISTThe budget session of the Gujarat assembly will begin on Wednesday with the presentation of the budget for 2020-21.
The budget session of the Gujarat assembly will begin on Wednesday with the presentation of the budget for 2020-21.
Ahead of the commencement of Maharashtra Legislature's budget session, BJP legislators staged a protest on the steps of the Vidhan Bhawan on Monday, alleging that the government "failed" to address farmers' woes and curb crimes against women.
Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday announced the boycott of the customary tea party of the state government on the eve of the Budget session.
The Lok Sabha was on Tuesday adjourned till March 1, taking a break of 19 days during the Budget session 2020. It will meet on March 2 again for further business and will continue proceedings till April 3.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Shiv Pratap Shukla has accused the opposition of trying to create 'a Shaheen Bagh inside the Parliament'. This comes after the Opposition parties have protested against the amended citizenship act inside both houses of the Parliament.
Mutual funds subscriptions and redemptions will not be permitted because all the fund houses in their scheme information documents have declared Saturday and Sunday as "non-business day".
The Budget Session of the Parliament will commence today with President Ram Nath Kovind addressing the joint sitting of both the houses. President's speech will be delivered in the Central Hall of the Parliament at 11 am. Ahead of the presentation of the Budget on Saturday, PM Modi has said that the focus of the MPs should on how India can gain from the prevailing global economic scenario.
Accepting the proposal to give it legal backing to collect Aadhaar data, the Law Ministry is learnt to have asked the poll panel to ensure that the data is protected at multiple levels.
Union Budget 2020-2021 will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 as the first phase of budget session will commence from January 31 and remain effective till February 11
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has recommended holding the Budget Session in two phases from January 31 to April 3, with the Union Budget to be presented on February 1, sources said on Wednesday.
With the first half of the budget session expected to begin in the last week of January, the ministries have started asking officials to gear up for response to the possible questions from members of Parliament (MPs).
Ahead of the next month's Union Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with economists and industry experts on current economic situation and took note of their suggestions.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, which has been listed in the Lok Sabha's agenda for Friday, will replace an ordinance issued in February by the previous BJP-led NDA government.
On Tuesday, PM Modi brainstormed with top bureaucrats of finance and other ministries for ideas to reverse a sagging economy and create jobs. Sources said the meeting at the Prime Minister's residence had in attendance all five secretaries in the finance ministry as well as Niti Aayog officials.
Congress leaders P. Chidambaram, K. Suresh, Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jairam Ramesh and Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary met at UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's residence on Tuesday to discuss the party's strategy in Parliament during the Budget Session.
Speaking in Lok Sabha, PM Modi attacked the opposition Congress, alleging that those who imposed Emergency, 'bullied' the judiciary and insulted the Army were accusing him of destroying institutions.
This will be the third budget of the Yogi Adityanath government.
The Samajwadi Party, the BSP and the Congress have chalked out their strategies for nailing down the government on major issues of public interest.
Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit slammed the Interim Budget presented on Friday as "high on rhetoric, low on content" and disappointing.
In an apparent reference to the raging controversy over jobs, Jaitley wondered how the Indian economy can grow at an average of 7.5 per cent in the last five years without any job creation.
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