New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Jammu and Kashmir budget for the financial year 2022-23 in Parliament on Monday.
“Finance Minister to present a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2022-23,” reads an official statement.
The second half of the Budget session will conclude on April 8. The first half of the Budget session began on January 31 and concluded on February 11.
The government has also listed the Constitution (Scheduled tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha. With the COVID cases declining and the situation improving, both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha will have simultaneous sessions from 11 am.
The first session of Budget had begun on January 29 with President Ram Nath Kovind’s address in the Central Hall of Parliament, which was followed by the presentation of the Economic Survey. On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget, which was followed by discussions on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address and Union Budget.
Ahead of the second session of the Budget Session, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi chaired a meeting of the party’s Parliament Strategy Group and decided to work in coordination with like-minded political parties.
“We will work in coordination with other like-minded parties to raise issues of public importance during the session,” Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge told reporters after the meeting.
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