Puducherry: Budget session from today

The Budget session of the territorial Assembly, re-convened by speaker V Vaithilingam, will begin here on Monday at 10 am.

The Assembly had a one-day session on March 26 to pass a vote on account for earmarking funds for the territorial Government for the first four months (April to July) of the current fiscal 2018-2019.

The funds are from consolidated fund to enable the Government departments to meet their expenditure.

The session has been re-convened to present a full- fledged Budget for the fiscal 2018-2019. Congress has 15 MLAs, DMK two, AINRC eight, AIADMK four and independent one.