Government Braces Up For Tough Budget Session, 44 Items On Agenda

BENGALURU: The government is bracing up for budget session where it will face a tough challenge to get bills replacing six ordinances passed.

The government's agenda includes 44 items of financial, legislative, and non-legislative business.
The session will begin with President Pranab Mukherjee's address to members of both houses of parliament.

Parliamentary Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu has convened a meeting of leaders of all parties in both houses to discuss financial,legislative and other business. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has also called a meeting of leaders of parties in the house to ensure its smooth functioning.

The government faces an uphill task in getting the bills aimed at replacing ordinances passed as opposition parties have conveyed their firm stand against some of them including the land acquisition ordinance.

Though the government has held back channel discussions on contentious bills with leaders of opposition parties, there is no sign of a breakthrough so far.

An official release said that the financial business include presentation of and discussion on general and railway budget, voting on demands for grants, supplementary demands for grants for 2014-15 and excess demands, if any, for 2013-14. The rail budget will be presented Feb 26, Economic Survey Feb 27 and general budget Feb 28.
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