Saturday, June 21, 2014

Budget Session to begin Monday

GANGTOK, 20 June: Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, who is also in-charge of Finance, Revenue and Expenditure department will present his 15th consecutive budget on the floor of Sikkim Legislative Assembly on the first day of the budget session 2014-15 on Monday.
The ninth session-Part II, Session-I of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly will formally begin on Monday where the CM is expected to pitch various administrative reforms proposal including tapping new sources of taxation and simplification of the present process of taxation.
Governor Shriniwas Patil will address the house for the first time as the Constitutional head of the State.
The five-day budget session is expected to be livelier than those of the last term as more than 70 starred and upwards of 50 unstarred questions have reportedly been put to the concerned Ministers in-charge for the Budget session.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister is expected to also present the ‘Excess Demand of Grants’ before tabling the main budget for the current financial year. The budget includes presentation of Demands of Grants, Estimate of Receipts, annual financial statement, explanatory memorandum of objects and reason.

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