New Delhi: Sitharaman is set to become the first finance minister to present seven consecutive Union Budgets, surpassing the record of Morarji Desai, who had presented six budgets in a row.
Earlier this week, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on June 24. The session will conclude on July 3. This is going to be the first annual budget under Modi 3.0.
In this session, new members of the Lower House will take oath and the Speaker will be elected. President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on June 27 and is likely to outline the new government’s roadmap for the next five years.
The first three days of the first session will see the newly elected leaders taking oath and electing the Speaker of the House.
Rijiju said the 264th Session of Rajya Sabha will commence on June 27 and conclude on July 3. Prime Minister Modi is expected to introduce his council of ministers to Parliament after the President’s address on June 27.
The prime minister will respond to the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address in both the Houses of Parliament.
Nirmala Sitharam said that the NDA government will continue to push the reforms drive initiated after 2014 with an eye on bolstering India’s macroeconomic stability and growth. She said that the government is fully committed to ensuring ‘Ease of Living’ for its citizens and will continue to take further steps in this regard.
FM Sitharaman highlighted India’s commendable growth story in recent years amidst global challenges and noted that there is an optimistic economic outlook for the coming years.
She urged the departments to advance the NDA government’s development agenda with renewed vigour and ensure responsive policymaking to achieve the Prime Minister’s vision of a ‘Viksit Bharat’.
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