Narayanasamy to present budget on July 2

Puducherry | Saturday | 23rd June, 2018

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On the first day, Chief Minister V.

Narayanasamy, who holds the Finance portfolio, will present the budget at 10 a.m, a communication from the Assembly Secretariat said. more-inThe Legislative Assembly will re-assemble on July 2 for presenting the budget for 2018-19, it was notified on Friday. The MHA gave its approval for the budget early this week after the government clarified its position on grant-in-aid from the Centre. The House, which was reconvened earlier on June 5 to present the budget, was adjourned sine die minutes after it convened following a communication from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs seeking certain clarifications on Central grants. The State Planning Board had fixed a plan outlay of ?7,530 crore for this financial year, an increase of ?585 crore over the last financial year..