The Cabinet on Tuesday decided to hold the Delhi legislative Assembly’s Budget Session from March 16 to 28.

The date of presentation of the Budget will be announced after a meeting with the Business Advisory Committee, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said after the Cabinet meeting.

This was the first official meeting attended by both Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash after their controversial midnight meeting at the former's residence.

In the upcoming Budget, the Delhi Government plans to announce several measures to tackle the city's air pollution, including promoting CNG-based generators, third party audit of polluting industries and their switchover to Piped Natural Gas (PNG), official sources said.

The Government has decided to come up with a multi-department action plan in this year's Budget, which is being projected as Delhi's first green Budget by the city administration, they said.

A participant of the meeting claimed that an official wore black armband in protest against the alleged assault on Prakash by some AAP MlAs last week. However, Sisodia denied the claim, saying, “No, (he) was not there.”

Ahead of the Cabinet meeting, Prakash had written to Kejriwal, informing him that he would attend the meeting, based on the assumption that the Chief Minister “will ensure that there is no physical attack and verbal assault on the officers”.

“A meeting of the Council of Ministers has been scheduled (today) to discuss important matters of finalisation of dates for the Budget Session of the Delhi legislative Assembly,” Prakash said.

“Since finalising the dates of the Budget Session and passing of the Budget are important for the functioning of Government, I, along with officers concerned, will be attending the meeting,” he said. Finance Secretary SN Sahay and GAD Secretary MK Parida also attended Tuesday's meeting.

Officials in the national Capital, including those belonging to the IAS, DANICS and DASS cadre, are communicating with the Ministers only through writing since the alleged assault on the Chief Secretary at Kejriwal's official residence during a meeting last week.