Amid campaigning in states, Parliament session starts today
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Amid campaigning in states, Parliament session starts today
Description
NEW DELHI: The second part of the Budget session of Parliament begins on Monday at a time when most parties are involved in campaigning for the assembly polls in four states and one Union Territory and also when farm unions are continuing their dharna demanding repeal of the three farm laws. The government’s main focus in this session is to get the various demands for grants for 2021-22 passed along with the finance bill which carries various tax proposals. It has listed various bills for passage in the session which concludes on April 8. Some of the bills listed by the government include the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill, Electricity (Amendment) Bill and Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill. Senior members of various parties are likely to skip most of the House sittings to focus on campaigning. There might be pronged absence of senior BJP functionaries too, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit shah, who are likely to address several rallies in poll-bound states.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-03-08
Coverage
India