Parliament Budget Session to begin from January 31 to April 4

NEW DELHI: Parliamentary Budget session is set to commence from January 31 till April 4. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman would present the Union Budget 2025 under the Modi 3.0 government in February.

President Droupadi Murmu to address joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on January 31.

"The Fourth Session of Eighteenth Lok Sabha will commence on Friday, the 31st January, 2025. Subject to exigencies of Government Business, the Session is likely to conclude on Friday, the 4th April, 2025," an official statement said.

"The President will address both Houses of Parliament assembled together in the Lok Sabha Chamber, Parliament House, New Delhi at 11.00 A.M. on Friday, the 31st January, 2025," it added.

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This would mark Sitharaman's eighth budget—six annual and two interim—surpassing former Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s record for the most budgets presented.

Since 2017, the Union Budget has been consistently presented on February 1 to allow announcements to take effect before the new financial year begins in April. However, prior to 1997, the budget was typically presented on the last working day of February, usually at 5pm.

The stock market would remain open on that day, operating during regular hours to enable investors to respond to the budget announcements.