The Budget session of Parliament will commence from January 29 and conclude on April 8 with a recess in between from February 15 to March 8.
The session of the parliament is set to be stormy with the Opposition all prepared to attack the government over the three new farm legislation, amid an ongoing agitation by farmers.
The session will start with the address of the President to the joint sitting of the two Houses on Friday morning followed by the presentation of the Union Budget on February 1.
A total of 16 Opposition parties have announced a boycott of the President’s address in solidarity with the farmers protesting the new farm laws, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Thursday.
The 16 Opposition parties have also demanded a probe into the Republic Day violence in Delhi.
Opposition parties include the Congress, the NCP, Shiv Sena, DMK, Trinamool Congress, CPI, CPI-M and RJD.
With a view to having a paperless Budget, all the documents and the Economic Survey would be made available online soon after the authenticated copies are laid on the Table of the House, the Lok Sabha Secretariat has said.
Like the last time, in this session too COVID-19 protocols will be in place and Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha will meet in shifts of five hours each — with the upper house meeting in the morning and the lower house in the evening.
Due to the pandemic, the Winter session was not held.
The Question Hour also makes a comeback in this session.
Private Members’ business which usually takes place on Friday afternoons has also made a comeback in the Budget session, according to Lok Sabha secretariat.
Members introduce their own bills and resolutions during this period which are debated by the House.
During the session, the government will also push to convert ordinances issued recently into laws. An ordinance has to be converted into a law within 42 days of the beginning of the session, else it lapses.
The ordinances issued recently include The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance 2020, The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 and The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021.
