NEW DELHI, Jan 9: The Union Budget for 2025-26 will be tabled in Parliament on February 1 – a Sunday – and the Economic Survey, which is a precursor to the budget document, will be presented on January 29.
The Budget session of Parliament will begin on January 28 and continue till April 2. President Droupadi Murmu has given her approval, and her customary address to both houses of Parliament will take place on the first day of the session.
The two Houses will not meet on January 29 due to the Beating Retreat ceremony. Parliament will sit on January 30 when the Economic Survey will be tabled. On January 31, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha will not meet.
“On the recommendation of the Govt of India, Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu ji has approved the summoning of both the Houses of Parliament for the Budget Session 2026. The Session will commence on 28 January 2026 and continue till 2 April 2026,” Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said in a post.
The first phase of the budget session will conclude on February 13 for a nearly month-long recess. Parliament will reconvene on March 9, and the session will conclude on April 2.
The recess in the Budget session helps department-related standing committees to examine demands for grants of various Union ministries and departments. Parliament has had sittings on Sundays under special circumstances, such as the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and on May 13, 2012, to mark the 60th anniversary of the first sitting of Parliament. But it will be the first time that the budget will be presented on a Sunday.
Usually Parliament is adjourned on a Friday but keeping in mind Good Friday on April 3 and the subsequent weekend, the session could conclude on April 2, officials said.
(Manas Dasgupta)