Bhubaneswar: The first session of the newly constituted 17th State Assembly will commence on July 22 with the address of Governor Raghubar Das and will continue till September 13.
The session will have 27 working days with a recession from August 1 to 19.
According to a notification issued by the Assembly Secretariat, discussion on the motion of thanks on the Governor’s address will start on July 22 and will end on July 24. The announcement for election of Deputy Speaker will be made on July 23 while election for Deputy Speaker will be held on the next day.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who holds the Finance portfolio, will present the first annual budget of the BJP government for the year 2024-25 on July 25 and the Appropriation Bill on a vote on account will be tabled on July 31, the notification said.
The Appropriation Bill on the budget for the 2024-25 fiscal will be presented before the House on September 10.
Notably, the previous BJD government had presented an interim budget with an outlay of Rs 2.55 lakh crore for the current financial year. The interim budget was made upto July.
The BJP government will seek permission from the House on a vote on account for two months – August and September.
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo had informed that the previous Government had presented the vote on an account which will manage State finance till July. So, the State will present another vote on account and then will go for a full budget, he had stated.
“We have to consider the allocations and funds made by the Centre in the budget before preparing our budget,” Singh Deo had said.
In the 147-member State Assembly, the BJP has 78 MLAs, BJD 51, Congress 14, three independents and one CPI (M).