New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hold an all-party meeting today. The purpose of the meeting is to seek support from all the parties for the smooth conduct of the Budget session.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at 3pm and leaders of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will be present for the same. At 5pm, Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu will conduct a virtual meeting of the House leaders.
On Friday, Birla had reviewed the preparations on the Parliament premises ahead of the Budget session.
Meanwhile, the Union ministry of finance began the final stage of this year’s Budget on Thursday by distributing sweets instead of the customary ‘halwa’ following guidelines on Covid-appropriate behaviour.
“To mark the final stage of the Union Budget making process, sweets were provided to the core staff due to undergo ‘lock-in’ at their workplaces, instead of a customary halwa ceremony every year in view of the prevailing pandemic situation and the need to observe health safety protocols,” the finance ministry said in a statement.
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