Parliament Session to be held from June 17 to July 26

The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha will be held from June 17 to July 26. While the newly elected 17th Lok Sabha will meet on 17th June, the Rajya Sabha will have its sitting on 20th June onwards.

Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said, the session will continue till 26th of July.

The election of the speaker will be held on the 19th of June. President Ram Nath Kovind will address the joint session of Parliament on the 20th of June.

Nirmala Sitharaman, the country’s first full-time woman Finance Minister, will present the Union Budget on July 5.

The Economic Survey will be presented on 4th July and the Union Budget the following day, the 5th of July.

The House will once again not have a Leader of Opposition, a Cabinet-rank position since none of the Opposition parties meet the eligibility criterion.