Govt to present general budget on Feb 29

New Delhi:  The Budget session of Parliament will begin on February 23 with President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The General Budget will be presented on February 29, the government said on Thursday.
The Rail Budget will be presented on February 25 and the economic survey report released the next day, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA).
The meeting was attended by union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitely, Najma Heptullah, Ramvilas Paswan, Smriti Irani and minister of state Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
The budget session’s first phase will continue till March 16, followed by a recess for 39 days, Naidu said. The session will resume on April 25 and conclude on May 13, he added.
The budget session will have 31 sittings spread over 81 days. Naidu said the government favoured a normal and full-length session with sufficient recess in between. (IANS)