Winter session of Odisha assembly to begin from November 20
BHUBANESWAR: The winter session of the state assembly will commence from November 20th and continue till December 31st. The assembly secretariat has issued notification in this regard on Wednesday.
According to the schedule, the winter session will have total 40 working days including five private members day. The first supplementary budget of the current 2020-21 financial year will be tabled by finance minister Niranjan Pujari on the first day of the session. While discussion of first supplementary budget will be held for three days from (November 26th to 28th), the appropriation bill on the first supplementary budget will be passed on November 29th.
The house will also meet on all days including on Sundays except on November 30 (Rasa Purnima) and December 25 (Xmas day).
Like the monsoon session, the winter session will also be held amid Covid-19 restrictions. “Regarding Covid tests of MLAs, staffs, security personnel and media, a committee headed by speaker will take a call soon,” said a senior assembly official.
On convening the session for 40 days, the official said there are provisions that the assembly should mandatorily meet for 60 days in a year. Since the house has so far met for 20 days in two sessions, it has been convened for 40 days.