Jharkhand Govt to present budget on March 3

The Jharkhand Government budget will be tabled in the House on March 3, while the budget session will commence on February 25. The month-long budget session will run till March 25, with 17 working days. The State Cabinet Secretariat has issued a notification in this connection.

As per the notification issued by the Cabinet secretariat, the budget session will commence after Governor Ramesh Bais speech, followed by oath taking of new members and condolences. During the long budget session several bills will be tabled in the House.

The eighth budget of the fifth Jharkhand Assembly will have four Chief Minister , during which members can directly pose questions before the Chief Minister. The Assembly secretariat has slatted February 28, March 7, 14, and 21 for Chief Minister Question hour.

Last year Finance Minister RameshwarOraon tabled a budget worth Rs 91,270 crore in Jharkhand VidhanSabha for 2021-22 fiscal year amid the din by BJP MLAs. Sources said that this year it is expected that the budget size will be bigger as compared to previous financial year.