This year the full budget could not be presented due to panchayat and urban local body elections being held in February and March respectively.
A notification issued by the Assembly Secretariat said that the monsoon session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will begin from July 2. It has been said in the notification that the 10th session of the 16th Legislative Assembly will start from July 2 and will continue till August 4.
State Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will present the full budget for 2022-23 on the first day of the session.
The monsoon session will get a new speaker as SN Patro has already resigned and senior BJD leader BK Arukha filed his nomination papers on Friday for the Speaker’s election on June 13.
This year the full budget could not be presented due to panchayat and urban local body elections being held in February and March respectively.
Vote-on-account was required to meet expenditure on salaries, pension, interest, disaster expenditure, and other ongoing schemes and programmes. There will be 24 working days during the session.
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