New Delhi: The month-long second part of parliament’s budget session begins on Monday in the middle of a high-octane campaign for the elections in four states and one UT.
The main focus of the government in the second part of the session is to pass on the various claims for grants for the year 2021-22 together with the Finance Bill which contains different tax proposals.
Aside from these mandatory agendas, the government has listed various bills for approval in the April 8 session.
Some of the bills listed by the government include the Regulation and Development Authority for Pension Funds (Amendments) Bill, the National Bank for Infrastructure and Development Finance Bill, Electricity Bill (Amendment), Crypto Currency and the regulation of the official digital currency bill.
Part two of the session takes place at a time when political parties are focusing on elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry.
The election will take place in March-April.
Senior leaders from different parties, especially the regional groups, are likely to skip most of the House meetings to focus on campaigns.
The first part of the budget session began on January 29 with the president’s speech at the joint sitting of both houses of parliament. The address was boycotted by more than 20 opposition parties, including Congress, in support of the protesting farmers’ demand for the repeal of the three farm laws.
The Union budget was tabled on 1 February.
Thereafter, the house proceedings were flushed out for four consecutive days over the opposition’s demand for separate discussion on farm issues.
To compensate for the lost time of the session, the house sat for several days until midnight.
Source: Telangana Today