Budget Session Begins: Key Reports, Grants Debated

The Budget Session of Parliament resumed today, March 20, 2025, after a short adjournment, with the Lok Sabha scheduled to debate key reports and grant of demands.

 Members will consider financial allocations to several ministries such as Jal Shakti and Railways under the government's budgetary outline for the fiscal year 2025-26.

The session gives parliamentarians an opportunity to question budget proposals and ask questions on financial policies. 

Defence and External Affairs standing committee reports will be laid, highlighting expenditure plans and priorities.

 These discussions are likely to impact funding for key areas like healthcare, education, and infrastructure development.

Opposition lawmakers called for debates on urgent issues like voter ID replication issues and delimitation. Congress lawmaker Manickam Tagore also presented an adjournment motion regarding recent leaks in exam papers to impact millions of students from six states. 

While DMK legislators organized protests urging delimitation processes to be made transparent,.

The government is looking to maintain accountability in its expenditures and financial decisions to further meet the needs of the public effectively.

 As tensions rise among government and opposition parties, the session will likely influence the major policies and allocations that define India's development path. 

Updates will continue as proceedings unfold.