New Delhi:
The Budget Session of the Parliament begins on Tuesday. Union Budget for the financial year 2017-18 will be presented on Wednesday, February 1.
While the session will begin with the President’s address to the joint sitting of the two Houses, the same day the pre-budget economic survey will be tabled. The practice of separate railway budget presentation is being scrapped from this year. The railway estimates will be part of the Union budget.
The government's legislative agenda for the 31 sittings of the Budget session includes 40 Bills consisting of a Bill relating to supplementary demands fo the general budget.
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Items which will be taken up in both the Houses of Parliament during this Budget session:
I Bills for replacing Ordinances
1. The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by Select Committee of Rajya Sabha
2. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017
3. The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill, 2017
II Bills for Introduction, Consideration and Passing
1. The Finance Bill, 2017
2. The Indian Institute of Management Bill, 2017
3. The Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment), Bill, 2017
4. The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2017
5. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2017
6. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Bill, 2017
7. The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2017
8. The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2017
9. The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2017
10. The Collection of Statistic (Amendment) Bill, 2017
11. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2017
12. The Central Goods & Service Tax Bill, 2016;
13. The Integrated Goods & Service Tax Bill, 2016;
14. The Goods & Services Tax (Compensation for loss of revenue) Bill, 2016
15. The Divorce (Amendment) Bill, 2017
16. The Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill, 2017
17. The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017
18. The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2017
19. The Indian National Defence University Bill, 2017
20. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2017
21. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017
III Bills for Consideration and Passing
(A) Bills pending in Lok Sabha
1. The Mental Health Care Bill, 2016, as passed by Rajya Sabha
2. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, as passed by Rajya Sabha
3. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016
4. The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016
5. The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016
6. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016
7. The Consumer Protection Bill, 2015
(B) Bills pending in Rajya Sabha
1. The Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha
2. The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha
3. The Employees Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha
4. The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
5. The Armed Forces Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2012
6. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014
IV Financial Business
1. Third Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2016-17;
2. Demands for Grants for 2017-18;
V Bills for Withdrawal (in Lok Sabha)
1. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2016
