All obstacles have been removed and the line is clear for the Union budget presentation on February 1st as the Supreme Court gave clearance and said that the budget shall be present as planned earlier. With this the Government has called for an all party meeting on 31st of January.
The meeting will be aimed at reaching a consensus as the congress had opposed the budget sessions which falls just before the three days of Goa and Punjab elections and ten days before the Uttar Pradesh polls begin.
Earlier the Oppositions Congress and TMC have reached out to Election commission against presentation of the Budget just hours before the first of the five states goes to poll on February 4. The Government has assured the EC that there will be no schemes announced in the poll bound states.
The Government has also defended its move to conduct the budget sessions a month earlier by saying that it would be appropriate to begin the investment cycle right from the first day of the new fiscal year i.e April 1st. According to the schedule, the first part of the Budget Session of Parliament will start on January 31 with President Pranab Mukherjee's address and the tabling of the Economic Survey, which sets the scene for Finance Minister Arun Jaitely's fourth annual budget to be presented the next day.
