Budget Session of Parliament begins on February 23,2016

 

The Budget Session of Parliament will begin with the Presidential Address on February 23. This being a leap year, the Union Budget will be presented on February 29,2016

The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA), which met Thursday Feb 04,2016 with Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the chair, decided that the Railway Budget will be presented on February 25 and the Economic Survey will be tabled the next day.

“The first part of the session will end on March 16 and the second part will be convened from April 25 to May 13,2016” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu told after the meeting.

He said the Budget Session will have 31 sittings spread over 81 days.