HP Assembly budget session to begin on Tuesday

The budget session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly will begin on Tuesday, officials said.

Assembly secretary Yash Paul Sharma said the budget session will begin on February 25 and will culminate on April 1.

The budget will be presented on March 6.

There will be 22 sittings during the budget session which will begin with the address by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, who also holds the finance department portfolio, will present the budget for financial year 2020-21 on March 6.

Discussion on the budget will be held from March 9-14 and the budget will be passed on March 27, he added.

There will be recess in the session from March 15 to 22.

The election for the new Speaker's post for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly will be held on February 26, he added