NEW DELHI: Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla said on Wednesday that the budget session of Parliament has been adjourned to February 10 by one day. Otherwise, the session, which started on January 31 and ended on February 9, was scheduled to terminate. Speaking on Tuesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi announced that the government would present a “white paper” contrasting the conditions of the Indian economy prior to and following the BJP’s victory over the Congress in 2014. It was thought necessary to prolong the session’s duration by one day due to the agenda items that included the Finance Bill, budget discussion, demand for grants, and white paper that still needed to be tabled. The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has frequently accused the Congress-led UPA of leaving the nation in a deplorable economic state, but Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will give the “white paper” outlining how the current administration turned things around. She intends to present it to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Although the Houses have occasionally convened on Saturdays, Parliament typically does not operate on weekends.
