The budget session of Parliament will start from January 28 and will continue till April 2, the general budget on February 1.

New Delhi. The budget session of Parliament will start from January 28 and continue till April 2. The Union General Budget will be presented on February 1 (Sunday). According to the statement issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Monday, President Draupadi Murmu will address the joint meeting of both the Houses on January 28, the first day of the budget session of Parliament. This program will be held at 11 am in the Lok Sabha chamber of Parliament House. The first phase of the budget session will run from January 28 to February 13. After this there will be a holiday. The second phase of the session will run from March 9 to April 2.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on February 1, which is proposed on Sunday. Apart from financial proposals, several legislative and other government business will also be discussed during the session, which includes debates on policy, social and economic issues.

As per the budget session tradition, the President’s address opens the way for presentation and discussion of the government agenda in Parliament, thereby formally opening the proceedings of the House and providing key policy guidelines to the members.

It is noteworthy that in view of the difficulties being faced in budget preparations, it was decided to change the date of budget in the year 2017. After this, the general budget started being presented in the beginning of February i.e. on 1st February. This gave the Center and the states about two months time to implement the schemes.