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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has called a meeting of leaders of political parties on February 22 to ensure the smooth run of the Budget Session during which the Government will also seek to convert six recent Ordinances into legislations.
Parliament sources said Mahajan has convened a meeting of leaders of political parties over dinner on February 22, the eve of the Session, to ensure a smooth session.
The session, which will begin on February 23 and conclude on May 8, will see presentation of the first full-fledged Budget of the Narendra Modi Government which came to power in May last year.
During the session, the Government will push for the passage of Bills on six Ordinances promulgated recently. The Ordinances include those on coal, mines and minerals, e-rickshaws, the amendment to the Citizenship Act, Land Acquisition and one on FDI in insurance sector.
The Government is especially under pressure to legislate the Ordinance on the insurance and coal sector in view of the new systems in place to attract FDI in insurance and for auctioning of coal blocks are not disturbed.
Amongst the bills the Government proposes to introduce include Amendments to the Whistleblowers Protection Act, The Rights to Services and Grievances Redress Bill, Amendment to Inter-state Water Dispute Act, The Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, The Recognition of New Systems of Medicine Bill, Amendment to the National Commission for Women Act, and the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill, the sources said.
The BJP’s poor showing in the Delhi Assembly polls is likely to have a bearing on the session with Opposition parties expected to make common cause on issues such as the Land Acquisition Ordinance, which they are opposing tooth and nail.
The fourth session of the 16th Lok Sabha will commence on Monday, with President Pranab Mukherjee addressing both Houses of Parliament assembled together in the Central Hall at 11 am.
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, a holiday, for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present the Budget, which will be preceded by the Economic Survey on February 27 and the Railway Budget on February 26.
The Motion of Thanks to the President for his address will be debated on February 24 and 25.
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