Goa budget session from today

PANAJI, MARCH 20: The ten-day budget session of the Goa Legislative Assembly would begin on Tuesday with the customary Governor's address ...

PANAJI, MARCH 20: The ten-day budget session of the Goa Legislative Assembly would begin on Tuesday with the customary Governor’s address to the house.

As per the tentative programme, the business before the house during the session includes the presentation of the budget of the state for 2000-01, presentation and passing of vote on account for 2000-01 and the appropriation bill, official sources here said.

The house would also pass the supplementary demands for grants for 1999-2000 and the appropriation bill to be presented at the session, the first to be held at the majestic new assembly complex at Porvorim.

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The budget for 2000-01 would be presented on March 29 and the vote on account on March 30, the last day of the session, the sources said.

Built on a hillock plateau, overlooking river Mandovi at a cost of Rs 32 crore, the facilities provided at the centrally air-conditioned complex includes an Electronic Voting Machine and separate offices for ministers, the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and MLAs.

The RJD’s key face and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav, party supremo Lalu Yadav’s son, will again contest from his stronghold Raghopur.

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