Tag: Budget Session

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VAT row ends; traders’ body agrees to withdraw strike

Bhubaneswar: The Federation of All Odisha Traders’ Associations (FAOTA) on Saturday agreed to call of its strike against the 5% ‘additional’ Value Addition Tax (VAT) being levied by the Odisha government on essential commodities. This was informed by Finance Minister Pradeep Amat after a meeting with the FAOTA members and other officials at the Secretariat […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Budget Session: Opposition nitpicks with Governor's address

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP and Congress have termed governor SC Jamir’s address on the inaugural day of the budget session on Tuesday as ‘hopeless’. Alleging that the State government wanted to show only a ‘rosy picture’ about Odisha’s development and progress while the real picture is completely ‘negative’, the parities lambasted the ruling BJD for not […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Odisha budget session set to be tumultuous

Bhubaneswar: The budget session of Odisha Assembly beginning on Tuesday is set to be a tumultuous affair, with the Opposition BJP and Congress ready to confront the Naveen Patnaik-government on issues including the ruling party leaders’ alleged links with criminal brothers Sushil and Sushant Dhalasamanta. The gangster siblings’ revelations to the police during interrogation about […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was on Friday adjourned sine die concluding the budget session, half of which was completely washed out in disruptions. The upper house worked for 45 hours in around 30 sittings and lost 120 hours in disruptions. In his valedictory remarks, Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu rued that he had little to say […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Lok Sabha adjourned sine die

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday morning bringing an end to the Budget session — half of which was completely washed out in disruptions. As the House met, AIADMK MPs protested near the Speaker Sumitra Mahajan’s podium demanding the setting up of the Cauvery Management board. Mahajan asked the MPs to […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Lok Sabha adjourned for the day

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday after paying tributes to Hukum Singh, BJP MP from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, who died on Saturday. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan read the condolence message for Hukum Singh, after which she adjourned the House for the day as a mark of respect. Earlier, two […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
PM urges opposition to pass Triple Talaq Bill

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged all political parties to pass the Triple Talaq Bill in the Parliament’s Budget Session. “We could not pass the Triple Talaq Bill in last Parliament session. But I want to urge all the political parties to pass that bill in the Budget Session as it is […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Triple talaq bill pushed to budget session, ordinance unlikely

New Delhi: With the Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die on Friday, the controversial triple talaq bill was pushed to the budget session that begins on January 29. Government sources ruled out any possibility of an ordinance on the bill, stuck in the Rajya Sabha. The bill, already cleared by the Lok Sabha, could not be […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Budget session from Jan 29, Budget on Feb 1

New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will start on January 29 and the Budget will be tabled on February 1, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said on Friday. President Ram Nath Kovind will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on January 29. The Economic Survey will also be tabled […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Budget session of Odisha Assembly from March 20

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly’s budget session is scheduled to begin from March 20 with Governor S C Jamir’s address, a notification issued by Odisha Legislative Assembly said on Saturday. The state’s Finance Minister Shashi Bhushan Behera will present the annual budget for the year 2018-19 on March 23, the notification said, adding that the session […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Odisha Assembly's budget session from February 6

The third session of the 15th Odisha Legislative Assembly would begin from February 6, according to a notification issued by the Parliamentary Affairs department.

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
Rahul Gandhi to skip budget session, takes leave of absence

Ahead of the crucial budget session, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi took "leave of absence" to reflect on a series of electoral defeats and deliberate on the future course of the 130-year-old party, top sources said here Monday

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Budget Session: Three tier security in place for Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the budget session for Odisha Assembly scheduled to begin tomorrow, police have placed a three-tier security cover in and around the State Assembly. Reviewing the arrangements at the Assembly with Twin City police Commissioner and other senior officials of the police, DGP RP Sharma today informed that elaborate security has been put […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Second day of Odisha Assembly session washed away amid ruckus

Bhubaneswar: The second day of the Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly was washed away amid ruckus created by the Opposition parties today. After mourning the death of leaders Priyanath Dey and Ladu Kishore Swain, both the Congress and BJP disrupted the House proceedings as soon as the question hour started. Following disruption, the Speaker […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Budget session of Odisha Assembly from June 25

Bhubaneswar: The Budget session of the 16th Odisha Assembly will begin from June 25 and continue till August 8 in two phases. The first phase of the session will be from June 25 to July 2 while the second from July 12 to August 8. Governor Ganesh Lal will address the House on the first […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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