The second part of the Budget session of Parliament will commence from Monday with all COVID-19 precautionary measures in place. The Rajya Sabha will function from 9 am to 2 pm while Lok Sabha will function between 4 pm to 10 pm. The second part of the session will conclude April 8, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had informed. The Budget Session of Parliament, which commenced with the address of President Ram Nath Kovind on January 29, concluded on February 29. The Union budget was tabled in the Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. The Lok Sabha clocked 99.5 per cent productivity during the first phase of the two-part Budget session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Secretariat said. Birla informed that during the first part of the Budget Session 2021, Lok Sabha sat for 49 hours and 17 minutes against the stipulated time of 50 hours.
The Delhi Assembly's Budget session will begin from March 8. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi cabinet, deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said in a tweet. The session will end on March 16. The government will present its budget for 2021-22with a focus on areas of health, education and infrastructure including water supply, according to sources. New taxes are unlikely, the sources said. The government had presented a Rs 65,000 crore budget for 2020-2021 that was around 10 per cent more than that in 2019-20. Dear Reader,
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday presented a budget of Rs 97,106 crore for 2021-22 in the Assembly. He said the budget defines the concept of development through the acronym HEIGHT, where H stands for holistic development, E for education (equal opportunity for all), I for infrastructure, G for governance, H for health and T for transformation. The CM said, in the budget, 38 per cent provision is for the social sector, 39 per cent for the economic sector and 23 per cent for the general service sector. "The estimated gross expenditure for 2021-22 is Rs 1,05,213 crore. The net expenditure is estimated at Rs 97,106 crore after deducting the repayment of loans and recoveries from gross expenditure. Revenue expenditure is Rs 83,028 crore and capital expenditure is Rs 13,839 crore, which is 14 per cent of the total expenditure," the CM said in his speech.
In Bihar Budget 2021, the state government laid out that it will award Rs 25,000 to unmarried women who pass intermediate exams. It will also award Rs 50,000 to unmarried women once they complete their bachelor's degree
Read more about Additional Budget allocation to wipe out fertiliser subsidy backlog: Ind-Ra on Business Standard. The credit metrics of fertiliser manufacturers in general and urea manufacturers in particular are likely to improve meaningfully in FY22, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said on Friday
The Budget Session of the Uttar Pradesh legislature will begin with Governor Anandiben Patel's address to a joint sitting of both Houses of the state legislature on Thursday. The Yogi Adityanath government is slated to present its annual budget for 2021-22 on Monday. This will be the last budget of the BJP government before the state goes to polls early next year. As the opposition parties prepared to grill the government on pressing issues, particulary those relating to the ongoing farmer protests, law and order and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Assembly Speaker Hriday Narain Dixit sought cooperation of leaders of all parties for smooth conduct of business.
Read more about Sitharaman addresses RBI board, explains priorities of government on Business Standard. FM Sitharaman on Tuesday explained the government's priorities to the Reserve Bank of India's central board during their first meeting after presentation of the Budget
First phase of Budget session ends; Amit Shah terms J&K Centre's 'top priority', Sitharaman speaks on push for 'self-reliance' The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 8 March on Friday. Both Houses of Parliament will reconvene for the second leg of the Budget session on 8 March FP Staff February 13, 2021 19:21:28 IST Union Home Minister Amit Shah replied to a debate in the Lok Sabha on Saturday. Lok Sabha TV
The first leg of the Budget session of Parliament ended with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaking in the Lok Sabha on 'reforms' and the push for 'self-reliance'.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday stated that the Centre will "definitely" restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir "at the appropriate time".
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Rahul Gandhi becoming 'doomsday man' for India, said Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying he is becoming a "doomsday man" for India by constantly insulting constitutional functionaries and creating fake narratives on various issues.
Replying to the general discussion on Budget in Lok Sabha, she said the former Congress chief was creating fake narratives but does not have patience to listen to replies on allegations levelled against the government. "We need to recognise these two tendencies of the Congress party... this makes it clear that their belief in a democratically elected Parliamentary system is completely finished," Sitharaman said.
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The exports include grant of the vaccine doses to friendly countries and commercial shipments.
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Piyush Goyal in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi.
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The exports include grant of the vaccine doses to friendly countries and commercial shipments.
India’s exports of the COVID-19 vaccine stood at around ₹ 338 crore till February 8, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
The exports include grant of the vaccine doses to friendly countries and commercial shipments.
Replying to supplementary questions in the House, Mr. Goyal said exports of the vaccine started in January.