Tag: Budget Session

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Setting a new precedent, the newly elected speaker of the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly, veteran BJD leader Surjya Narayan Patro, in a first, has convened an all party meeting prior to the commencement of the budget session of the new assembly. The all-party meet is likely to be held on June 24 as the […]

New Delhi: 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). “As Parliament session is expected to start in the last week of this month, an advisory […]

Bhubaneswar: A Parliamentary Party meeting of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was held at Naveen Niwas today in presence of party’s Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members. Apart from a clear objection against implementation of certain sections of National Population Register (NPR), the party discussed various other issues while […]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented full-year budget for the year ending March 2021. This was the second budget for Sitharaman in  the second term of the Narendra Modi government. Here are the KEY HIGHLIGHTS:  Budget Speech: Nirmala Sitharaman says customs duty raised on footwear and furniture Health cess on import of medical […]

Bhubaneswar: The Budget session of the Odisha Assembly scheduled to commence on February 14 is likely to be stormy with the opposition BJP and Congress planning to corner the ruling-BJD over a range of issues, including crime against women, lapses in paddy procurement and attacks on RTI activists. Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Pradipta Kumar […]