Parliament Budget Session To Begin On Jan 31, Sitharaman To Present Interim Budget On Feb 1

Parliament's budget session is slated to commence from January 31 till February 9.

Parliament Budget Session to start from January 31

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Next session of the Parliament, the Budget Session is scheduled to commence from January 31 and will continue till February 9. Presiden Droupadi Murmu's address will take place on the first day of the session, January 31 and the economic survey will also be presented on the same day. 

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to table the interim budget on February 1. With general elections slated to be held this year, Sitharaman would not be presenting a full budget but an interim budget. 

The previous session of the Parliament, the winter session was marred by a security breach, protests and record suspension of the opposition MLA. 

In a major security breach on December 13 — on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack — two men, Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D barged into the Lok Sabha chamber, when the House was in session, and sprayed yellow smoke from cannisters and shouted slogans before they were overpowered by MPs. 

Around the same time, two more accused, Amol Shinde and Neelam Azad - sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting "tanashahi nahi chalegi" outside Parliament premises.

 All the four people were taken into custody from the spot and two more, accused Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat, were arrested later.

The Opposition was quick to attack the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue demanding a statement from Union home minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Parliament over the incident. 

The Opposition MPs created ruckus stalling the proceedings of both the Houses, firm on their demand and between December 14 and December 21, when Parliament was adjourned sine die, a total of 146 Opposition MPs were suspended, with 100 of them from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya Sabha. 

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was suspended in the initial phase of the session on the grounds of ethical misconduct. 

With thin presence of Opposition in the both the Houses, the government tabled the three criminal laws to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860; the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 which was passed by both the Houses and recieved President's assent.