Telangana Budget On Mar 15, Session Till March 27

The 2018-19 Telangana Assembly budget session will run for 12 days this time, from March 12 to March 27.

The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) took this decision as Governor E S L Narasimhan will be going on foreign trip from March 28, and the government needs to get the Appropriation Bill endorsed by the Governor (employees will get salaries only if the Governor endorses the Appropriation Bill before end of this month).

According to the schedule released by the government, the discussion on the motion of thanks to the address by the Governor and the reply to the discussion on the Governor's address by the government will be on March 13 and March 14. The government will present the budget on March 15. There will be no sitting on March 16, and the Congress urged the state government to announce a holiday for the House on March 17 as the Congress members would need to attend the plenary to be held on that day at Delhi. Instead, the Congress suggested that the government run the House on March 25 (Sunday). The government conceded the request of CLP leader K Jana Reddy.

After Ugadi, the session will resume on March 19 and will continue till March 27. On the final day, the government will complete the formality of getting the Appropriation Bill and other bills passed by the legislature. The Srirama Navami holiday will be on March 26.

Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy, Assembly Affairs Minister T Harish Rao, Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari, Finance Minister E Rajender, Agriculture Minister P Srinivas Reddy, Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao, Leader Of Opposition K Jana Reddy, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, BJP floor leader Kishan Reddy, MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, CPM leader S Rajaiah, TDP leader S Venkata Veeraiah and officials of Assembly were among those who attended the BAC meeting.