23-Feb-2025 06:53 PM
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Mumbai, Feb 23 (Reporter) The Budget session of the Maharashtra Legislature will be held from March three to March 26, with presentation of the state's annual budget on March 10.
An official press statement issued on Sunday stated that this decision has been taken in a meeting of Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council Working Advisory Committee, which was held at Vidhan Bhavan here today.
On this occasion, the working of the convention was also discussed.
Deputy Chief and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar will table the budget in both houses of the legislature on March 10.
In this meeting, Chairman of the Legislative Council Prof Ram Shinde, Assembly Speaker Advocate Rahul Narvekar, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandrakant Patil, Ministers Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Girish Mahajan, Shambhuraj Desai, MLAs Prasad Lad, Praveen Darekar, Adv Anil Parab, Hemant Patil, Shrikant Bhartiya, Chhagan Bhujbal, Jitendra Awhad, Dr Nitin Raut, Randhir Savarkar, Amin Patel, Legislature Secretary (1) Jitendra Bhole, Secretary (2) Vilas Athawale along with officials of the concerned departments were present.
Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council, Dr Neelam Gorhe, participated through the televised system.
In this meeting, it was decided that during the budget session, on March eight (Saturday) the work of the Legislature will continue on a public holiday, while on March 13 there will be a holiday on account of Holi festival, the statement added...////...