Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to chair an all party meeting today, the 30th of January.
The meeting would discuss the upcoming Budget Session 2021-2022 and would put forth the agenda of the Central Government.
The meeting was scheduled a day after the Parliament Budget Session started from the 29th of January.
The session started with the speech of the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.
Usually the all party meetings are conducted ahead of the parliamentary session to ensure smooth functioning of both the Houses.
However, this time the traditional all party meeting was scheduled two days ahead of the Budget 2021-2022 presentation.
Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, would parent the 2021-2022 Budget of India on the 1st of February.
On the 29th of January, the first day of the Budget Session, Ms. Sitharaman presented the economic survey, 2020-2021.
Meanwhile, today’s meeting with PM Modi would be a virtual meeting due to the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19.
The issues related to the smooth functioning of the session, budget issues and others would be discussed during today’s all party meeting.
During the meeting, the opposition parties are likely to demand a debate on the farmers’ agitation at various border points of Delhi.
However, the Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government is expected to skip the topic and leave for a debate during Motion of Thanks to the President’s address.
The 10 hours Motion of Thanks is scheduled on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of February.
The Budget session is being held in two parts this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first part of the Budget Session is scheduled to conclude on the 15th of February.
The second part would commence on the 8th of March and would end on the 8th of April.
In the wake of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak, Parliament would sit in two shifts.
Morning session is dedicated to the Rajya Sabha while the Lok Sabha will sit in the evening.
The operating hours for Rajya Sabha would be from 9:00 A.M., to 2:00 P.M.
On the other hand, Lok Sabha would function from 4:00 P.M., to 8:00 P.M.
Stay tuned for further details.
