Himachal budget session from March 11

The budget session of the Himachal Pradesh assembly will begin March 11 with the governor's address. It will conclude April 10.

A notification in this regard was issued by Governor Kalyan Singh, the Rajasthan governor who hold additional charge of the hill state, a government official told IANS.

The session would have 22 sittings.

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who also holds the finance portfolio, will present the budget March 18.

This would be his 18th budget since he became chief minister for the first time in 1983.