The long session will as usual be divided into two
New Delhi:
The government has started preparations for the Budget Session of Parliament, likely to begin from the third week of February, sources have said.
The Cabinet committee on Political Affairs will meet today to decide on dates for the session, crucial for the BJP government, which will present its first full-year Budget, expected to lay the foundation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' plans.
The long session will as usual be divided into two - the first part will be about a month long, before Parliament breaks for a recess. The session will then resume in mid April.
Top ministers met today to discuss replacing ordinances or emergency executive orders that the government has issued and now needs to get Parliament's approval for.
At the meeting called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, the ministers discussed the implications on some sectors like coal if the ordinances are not followed up by bills being passed in Parliament.
The government has issued at least 10 ordinances after failing to get a number of key legislation through the Rajya Sabha, where it is in a minority. At least six of these will lapse if they are not passed in the first part of the Budget Session.
President Pranab Mukherjee cautioned that the constitution grants the government limited powers to issue ordinances in exigencies. He also rapped the Opposition for disrupting Parliament and not allowing important policy to be framed.
It was reportedly decided at yesterday's meeting that all bills to replace these ordinances must be ready by February 1 so that they can be put up for Parliament's approval on the first day of the budget session.
Sources said the government is not ready yet to use a rare joint session of Parliament to push the ordinances. In a joint session the BJP-led NDA government, with its massive majority in the Lok Sabha, can pass the bills.
The Cabinet committee on Political Affairs will meet today to decide on dates for the session, crucial for the BJP government, which will present its first full-year Budget, expected to lay the foundation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' plans.
The long session will as usual be divided into two - the first part will be about a month long, before Parliament breaks for a recess. The session will then resume in mid April.
Top ministers met today to discuss replacing ordinances or emergency executive orders that the government has issued and now needs to get Parliament's approval for.
At the meeting called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, the ministers discussed the implications on some sectors like coal if the ordinances are not followed up by bills being passed in Parliament.
The government has issued at least 10 ordinances after failing to get a number of key legislation through the Rajya Sabha, where it is in a minority. At least six of these will lapse if they are not passed in the first part of the Budget Session.
President Pranab Mukherjee cautioned that the constitution grants the government limited powers to issue ordinances in exigencies. He also rapped the Opposition for disrupting Parliament and not allowing important policy to be framed.
It was reportedly decided at yesterday's meeting that all bills to replace these ordinances must be ready by February 1 so that they can be put up for Parliament's approval on the first day of the budget session.
Sources said the government is not ready yet to use a rare joint session of Parliament to push the ordinances. In a joint session the BJP-led NDA government, with its massive majority in the Lok Sabha, can pass the bills.
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