Budget session of Parliament: PM Modi to chair all-party meeting on Jan 30
New
Delhi,
Jan
20:
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
will
chair
an
all-party
meeting
on
January
30
during
which
the
government
will
put
forth
its
legislative
agenda
for
the
Budget
session
of
Parliament,
Parliamentary
Affairs
Minister
Pralhad
Joshi
said
on
Wednesday.
He
said
the
meeting
will
be
held
virtually
and
an
invitation
has
been
extended
to
floor
leaders
of
all
parties.
An all-party meeting is a customary procedure before the beginning of every session of Parliament to ensure its smooth functioning.However, this time it is being held a day after the session starts on January 29.
"The all-party meeting will be held on January 30, where government will put forth its legislative business for the Parliament session and would also listen to the opposition''s suggestions," Joshi told PTI.
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The Budget session of Parliament is starting from January 29 and will be held in two parts.
The first part will conclude on February 15 and second part will be held from March 8 to April 8.
Parliament will sit in two shifts with Rajya Sabha in the morning and Lok Sabha in the evening.
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