Shimla Budget session of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha will begin from tomorrow the 14th feb 2024. Speaker Kuldeep Pathania said that all arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the 13-day Budget session.
Addressing a press conference here today, Pathania said the session would commence with the address of Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla. He said the Governor would list the achievements of the government in his address.
He said though on the day of the Governors’ address no other business will be taken up, the issue of taking up obituaries on the same day would now be taken up at the all-party meeting to be held tomorrow. He said that there will be 13 sittings in this session which will conclude on February 29. The Budget session has been advanced a little in view of the Lok Sabha poll.
budget on February 17
He said that Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who holds the finance portfolio, would present the budget proposals for the financial year 2024-25 on February 17. He said the House would debate on the budget proposals for four days.
793 questions filed
He said a total of 793 questions had been filed by the legislators so far, out of which 582 were starred and 209 unstarred. Apart from this, eight notices had been received for discussion under Rule 130.
Maximum questions on roads & unemployment
The questions filed by the MLAs mainly pertain to vacancies in health and educational institutions, condition of roads, drug menace, unemployment and power generation.
Pathania said he would seek the cooperation of all to ensure smooth conduct of the Assembly. “I am confident that the legislators will fruitfully utilise the session to raise public issues concerning their Assembly segments,” he said.