new Delhi: The second part of the budget session of Parliament will resume from today following the Kovid-19 protocol. Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha will resume their normal sittings and the proceedings of the House will begin at 11 am and continue till 6 pm.
Rajya Sabha will get an additional 19 hours to work in the second half as compared to the earlier schedule. In the first phase of the budget session, the proceedings of the House began at 10 am and went on till 3 pm.
The second part of the budget session comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) massive victory in four states.
covid protocol to continue
Members of Parliament will continue to follow social distancing norms in the seating arrangement using both the chambers and the visitors’ galleries. The first part of the session was held from February 1 to February 11.
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As per the seating arrangement, the Rajya Sabha currently has a total strength of 237 members, with eight vacancies out of a total of 245 MPs. According to news agency ANI, 139 (+3) MPs will be seated in the chamber, while 98 others will be accommodated in the gallery at a given time.
Similarly, the Lok Sabha has a total of 538 members, of whom 282, including the Prime Minister, can sit in the chamber, while the remaining 258 can sit in the galleries at a given time.
As per the official guidelines, only sitting members of both the Houses of Parliament can enter the Central Hall which will be out of bounds for former MPs and visitors.
In addition, limited entry for the staff of MPs and ministers will also continue in line with the protocols seen in the previous sessions that were implemented after the outbreak of the pandemic.
Arrangements have also been made for vaccination of Kovid-19 along with precautionary doses at the Annexe Building of Parliament.
Jammu and Kashmir budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget of Jammu and Kashmir. Parliamentary committees will submit reports on the demands for grants related to the budget.
“The Finance Minister will present the details of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2022-23,” a statement quoted by news agency ANI said.
The two new bills introduced in the first part include the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Rajya Sabha and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha. The government had identified 14 bills and six financial items to be taken up during the session.
After the presentation of the budget in the first phase, the discussion has been completed. The government will try to introduce all new bills in Parliament and get them passed in the second part of the budget.
The second part of the budget session will end on April 8.