Doubtful if key bills can be passed this session, says FM

He added that the Finance Bill, Vote-on-Account and Appropriation Bill will be passed. “If it is passed without debate or discussion, I won’t be happy. I want it to pass with discussion and debate,” he said.

During the current session, which ends on February 21, the government is keen to pass the Telangana Bill along with a few anti-corruption legislations.
Key reform bills including Insurance Bill, DTC and GST, are unlikely to be taken up due to lack of political consensus. On the government’s decision to cut CNG prices by about Rs 15 per kg and cooking gas piped to kitchens by about Rs 5 per cubic meter ahead of the elections, Chidambaram said the government has not given any sops, but only rationalised some prices. He added that the deficit target of 4.8 per cent of GDP would be met and that India can grow at 8-9 per cent for next 20-30 years.