Budget Session / The budget session of Parliament is starting from 31st January - the session will continue till 9th February.

Zoom News : Jan 11, 2024, 12:58 PM
Budget Session: The budget session of Parliament will start from January 31. This will be the last budget session of the second term of the Modi government. If sources are to be believed, this session will continue till February 9. President Draupadi Murmu will address both the houses of Parliament on 31 January. After that, on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the interim budget.

This budget session of Parliament will be the last session of the second term of the Modi government. In view of the Lok Sabha elections, Modi government can make big announcements related to women and farmers in this interim budget. If sources are to be believed, the government may bring a proposal to double the Kisan Samman Nidhi given to farmers. However, at present there is no major legislative work in the government's agenda.

Winter session started from December 4, 2023

Earlier, the winter session of Parliament had started from December 4 last year, which ended a day before the scheduled time. This session was important because during this time the government had passed new bills related to crime and justice.

Sources also said that there may be a proposal to double the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi for farmers in the interim budget. Not only this, some big announcements can also be made regarding women.

Questions raised on the security of Parliament

Apart from this, another important incident had happened, which had raised question marks on the security of the Parliament. In fact, during the proceedings of the Lok Sabha, two youths sitting in the audience gallery reached the MPs' bench and during this they also released some yellow gas. However, the MPs caught those youths and handed them over to the security forces.

Opposition parties demanded statements from PM and Home Minister

After this incident, the opposition kept demanding the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to give a statement in the Parliament, due to which the opposition MPs also violated the decorum of the Parliament, in view of which the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha suspended many opposition MPs. After which the opposition demonstrated in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex. During this, a TMC MP also mimicked Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, after which there was a lot of uproar.

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