On the first day of the Budget Session, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to table the Economic Survey 2023-24 along with a statistical appendix in Parliament on Monday, a day ahead of the Union Budget.

The Budget Session of Parliament will commence today and subject to the exigencies of government business, the session is likely to conclude on August 12, PTI reported.

This session is expected to be a stormy one with a resurgent Opposition set to corner the Modi government on issues ranging from the NEET paper leaks to railway safety and from the Kanwar Yatra row to unemployment.

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At the all-party meeting held on Sunday on the eve of the session, the Opposition leaders were united in raising their concerns over the ADG, UP government’s directive asking the eateries and carts on the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners and employees, ostensibly clarifying their religion. They asked the Centre to intervene, calling the directive “divisive”.

While the JD(U) and the YSRCP, known as one of the BJP’s friendly parties, raised their demand for a Special Category Status (SCS) for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh respectively, the BJD, the Modi dispensation’s erstwhile friendly party, also reminded the BJP about its pledge of the SCS for Odisha ahead of the 2014 elections. Another BJP ally, Chirag Paswan, Union minister and LJP(RV) president, also joined the JD(U) in demanding the SCS for Bihar.

With the Opposition having not got a chance to raise the issue of the alleged irregularities and leaks in the NEET exams as well as the Manipur crisis in the first session after the Lok Sabha polls, its leaders asked the government Sunday to respect the public mandate.

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In this Budget Session, the central government is expected to bring at least six Bills in Parliament over the course of the session, including the one to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act, and also get Parliament’s nod for the Budget of Jammu and Kashmir, which is currently under central rule.

One of the key highlights of the session will be the tabling of the Union Budget on Tuesday (July 23) by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This budget presentation follows the interim budget delivered on February 1, 2024.

Meanwhile, Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (Asansol Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal) will take the oath as an MP or make the affirmation, sign the Roll of Members and take his seat in the House.