Budget session highlights: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned till Wednesday 11 am

Budget Session 2023: Second leg of Parliament's Budget session 2023 began on Monday.

Both houses of the Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 11am on Wednesday following uproar over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech in London. The second leg of Union Budget 2023 commenced on Monday, after the first half being marred by a series of disruptions over number of issues with Hindenburg report and Adani Group issue being the focal point. Centre's top-most priority this time is to pass the Finance Bill along with a number of other pending bills. 

A total of 26 bills in Rajya Sabha and 9 bills in Lok Sabha are pending. Most of the second half will be spent on discussing demands for grants to ministries including Panchayati Raj, Tourism, Railways, Health and Culture. The first half of the budget session used 84% of its allotted time in the Lok Sabha and just 56% in the Rajya Sabha.