Budget Session Part I: Different timings for Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha in view of Covid

Delhi | Monday | 24th January, 2022

Summary:

New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet at separate times of a day for five hours each to ensure Covid distancing norms during the Budget Session beginning January 31.

Lok Sabha will meet at 11 am on February 1 for the presentation of the Union Budget and it will meet from 4 pm to 9 pm from February 2 to February 11, when the first part of the session concludes.

During sittings of the Lower House of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha chambers and their galleries will be used for sitting of members in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Lok Sabha bulletin said.

While the exact timings of Rajya Sabha are yet to be formally notified, it could meet from 9 am to 2 pm.

On January 31, the President would address both Houses of Parliament.

The second part of the session will be from March 14 to April 8.