Delhi Assembly Budget Session to commence with kheer ceremony

The Delhi Assembly’s Budget Session will commence with a ‘kheer’ ceremony on Monday, even as the Opposition AAP threatens to boycott it. On the first day of the Budget session, the Rekha Gupta Government will table Delhi’s economic survey report in the House.
The first day of the session will also witness the tabling of various reports of the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) related to the audit of Delhi’s finances, revenue, children in need of care, Delhi Jal Board, among others.
As per the business listed for Monday, the chief minister will lay the State Finance Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) relating to the Government of NCT of Delhi for the year ended March 31, 2021 (Report No 01 of 2022); the CAG report on Revenue, Economic, Social and General Sectors and PSUs relating to the Government of NCT of Delhi for the years ended March 31, 2020 and 2021 (Report No. 03 of 2022); the CAG report on Performance Audit Report on Children in Need of Care and Protection relating to the Government of NCT of Delhi for the year ended March 31, 2021 (Report No 01 of 2023); and the State Finance Audit Report of the CAG relating to the Government of NCT of Delhi for the year ending March 31, 2022 (Report No 02 of 2023).
The Chief Minister also tabled the CAG report on the functioning of the Delhi Jal Board for the year ended March 2022 and the “functioning of universities of GNCTD for the year ended March 31, 2023”.
BJP MLA Shikha Roy will move the “censure motion for the resolution brought by the Opposition in Lok Sabha for the removal of the Lok Sabha Speaker” under Rule 114. The Budget session is a crucial period in the legislative calendar, during which key financial and policy matters will be discussed and decided upon.
The chief minister, who also holds the finance portfolio, will table her second annual budget on March 24.
The Delhi Government’s annual Budget for 2026-27 will focus on industrial growth, investment and job creation. Interacting with industrialists, Gupta said that her Government is preparing an industry-friendly Budget and sought their suggestions on it.















