Lok sabha Speaker Mahajan convenes all party meeting Sunday ahead of Parliament session

Feb 18, New Delhi

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has called a meeting of leaders of political parties on Sunday, on the eve of Parliament Session, to ensure a smooth functioning of the House. The session, which will begin on February 23 and conclude on May 8, will see presentation of the first full-fledged budget of the present government which came to power in May last year. During the session, government will push for passage of Bills on six ordinances promulgated recently.

The ordinances include those on coal, mines and minerals, e-rickshaws, amendment to Citizenship Act, Land Acquisition and the one on FDI in insurance sector. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, which met on January 21, had recommended to the President the schedule of the Budget Session.

Parliament will have a special sitting on Saturday February 28th, a holiday, for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present the Budget. The Railway Budget will be presented on February 26th and the Economic Survey on February 27th.