The dates of the upcoming budget session have been announced. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju posted on Instagram and informed about its dates. He said that the upcoming budget session will start from July 22. It will run till August 12. President Draupadi Murmu has approved the recommendation of the central government.
Kiren Rijiju also said that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget in Parliament on July 23 during the budget session. Earlier, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had presented the interim budget in February in the election year. Let us tell you that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget for the seventh consecutive time.
This will be the first full session of Parliament after the swearing-in of new members in the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha held from June 24 to July 2 following the results of the general election. In a post on Union Budget 2024-25, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said it will be presented in the Lok Sabha on July 23, 2024.
The first budget of the new term of the BJP-led NDA government will be important as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already said that the third term will be used to write new chapters of bold decisions. Earlier, in the first session of Parliament after the formation of the 18th Lok Sabha, there was a tussle between the opposition and the government on many issues including the NEET-UG examination controversy.
During the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, President Draupadi Murmu addressed a joint sitting of both the Houses on June 27 and both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed the motion of thanks on the President's speech. PM Modi responded to the discussion on the motion of thanks in both the Houses of Parliament. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance has returned to power for the third consecutive time in the general election.