Budget session of Maha legislature to commence from March 6

The budget session of the Maharashtra legislature will begin here from March 6 and the state budget would be presented on March 18.

Talking to reporters after the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Girish Bapat said the session will be for 23 working days and will conclude on April 7.

The session will commence with Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao's address to the joint session of both houses of the state legislature on March 6.

Discussion on the Governor's address will take place on March 8 and 9 and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will reply to the debate on the second day.

This will be Fadnavis government's third budget since it took over in 2014.

Supplementary demands will be on March 15. Vote on account will be on March 22. Discussion on department wise budgetary demands will be from March 24.

There will be three-day break for Gudi Padwa from March 26 to 28, while for Ram Navmi from April 2 to 4.

There are two pending bills and six ordinances for passage into legislations, Bapat added.

On March 21, both houses will have discussion on Sharad Pawar and PWP legislator Ganpatrao Deshmukh's 50 years in electoral politics and also pay homage to late Indira Gandhi for 55 years in politics, he said.

Shiv Sena leaders were not present at the BAC meeting.

However, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Shivtare from the Sena was present.

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)