Budget Session of Parliament to resume today after recess

The second
part of the Budget Session of Parliament will begin today. It will continue
till the 3rd of April. The Budget Session of Parliament had begun on 31st of
January with the address of President Ram Nath Kovind to the joint sitting of
both the Houses.

It broke for
recess on 11th February to allow parliamentary standing committees to examine
the budgetary demands of various ministries made in the Union Budget 2020-2021.

The Union
Budget was presented on the 1st of last month.

AIR
correspondent reports that during the second part of the Budget session, demand
for grants of various Ministries including Railways, Social Justice and
Empowerment, Tourism and Health will be discussed.

Besides,
various Bills including the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill,
the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, the Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, the
Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, the National Commission for Homoeopathy
Bill and The Mineral Laws

(Amendment)
Bill will be taken up for consideration and passage during the session.