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New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament is likely to begin on January 28, with the Union Budget scheduled to be presented on February 1, a Sunday, according to officials familiar with the tentative calendar cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
As per the proposed schedule, Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on January 28. The President’s address traditionally marks the first sitting of Parliament in the first session of the year.
Parliament will not meet on January 29 due to the Beating Retreat ceremony, while both Houses are expected to reconvene on January 30, when the Economic Survey for the year is likely to be tabled.
On January 31, neither the Lok Sabha nor the Rajya Sabha will sit. The Union Budget will then be presented on February 1. Following debates on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address and detailed discussions on the Budget, Parliament is expected to adjourn for a near-month-long recess on February 13.
The session will reconvene on March 9 and is likely to conclude on April 2. Officials noted that although Parliament usually adjourns on a Friday, the session may end a day earlier this time, taking into account Good Friday on April 3 and the subsequent weekend.
The recess during the Budget session allows department-related standing committees to scrutinise the Demands for Grants of various Union ministries and departments before the Budget process resumes in the second leg of the session.
