Parliament Budget Session extended by a day till February 10

The ongoing Budget Session of Parliament has been extended by a day till February 10The last session before Lok Sabha polls expected to be held in AprilMay this year was started with the address by President Droupadi Murmu to the joint sitting of two Houses on January 31 It was earlier to be concluded on February 9While announcing the extension in the Lower House Speaker Om Birla said Honorable Members Honorable Minister of Parliamentary Affairs has proposed that the 15th session of the 17th Lok Sabha be extended till Saturday 10 February 2024 to dispose of the necessary government businessIn Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar also extended the session for one dayThe decision comes amid buzz over the Prime Minister Narendra Modiled government presenting a white paper on the economy during the previous Congressled United Progressive Alliance UPA governmentThe government had announced in the Union Interim Budget presented on February 1 that it will come out with White Paper to compare the economic performance of 10 years of the Congressled UPA government with that of 10 years of the BJPled NDA governmentTabling the Interim Budget 202425 in Parliament Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Modi government which assumed office in 2014 overcame crisis of those years and the economy has been put firmly on a high sustainable growth pathIn 2014 when our Government assumed the reins the responsibility to mend the economy step by step and to put the governance systems in order was enormous The need of the hour was to give hope to the people to attract investments and to build support for the muchneeded reforms The government did that successfully following our strong belief of nationfirst she saidThe crisis of those years has been overcome and the economy has been put firmly on a high sustainable growth path with allround developmentShe announced that the Government will lay a White Paper on the table of the House to look at where we were then till 2014 and where we are now only for the purpose of drawing lessons from the mismanagement of those yearsThe exemplary track record of governance development and performance effective delivery and Jan Kalyan has given the government trust confidence and blessings of the people to realize whatever it takes the goal of Viksit Bharat with good intentions true dedication and hard work in the coming years and decades she saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever