Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha To Resume Simultaneous Functioning From March 14: Report

Budget Session 2022: The secretaries-general of both the houses additionally examined the issue with regards to a significant decrease in COVID-19 cases during the third wave of the pandemic in the nation and the broad inoculation coverage.

Parliament of India building (File photo: AFP)

New Delhi: After a recess of one month, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are likely to sit for the second part of the budget session on March 14, as quoted by news agency PTI.

For ensuring safe distancing both Houses will use the chambers and galleries as was the case before.

As per the sources, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met on Tuesday and examined the seating arrangements for the second part of the budget session.

The secretaries-general of both the houses additionally examined the issue with regards to a significant decrease in COVID-19 cases during the third wave of the pandemic in the nation and the broad inoculation coverage.

The Rajya Sabha worked from 10 am to 3 pm and the Lok Sabha from 4 pm to 9 pm during the initial segment of the budget session.

The session began on January 30 with the president's address to a sitting of the two houses and the Union budget was introduced on February 1.

The budget session of the Lok Sabha and the 251st meeting of the Rajya Sabha in January 2020 were the first sessions to be diminished by eight sittings because of the outbreak of the pandemic and the 252nd session of the Rajya Sabha in September 2020 and the monsoon session of the Lok Sabha were the initial ones to be held under full Covid protocols, with the members seated in the two houses and in two shifts, authorities said.

(With PTI inputs)