Assembly's budget session worked for over 88 hours Hyderabad, Nov 29 (INN): The budget session of Telangana State Legislative Assembly, which concluded on Saturday, worked for 88 hours and six minutes.
In the 19-day session, 50 Un-starred questions were answered and three statements were made on Calling Attentions. As many as 104 supplementary questions were answered.
Three statements were made under Rule 344. As many as 61 answers to Starred questions were placed on the table of the House while answers to six Un-starred questions and six SNQs were placed on the table.
As many as 117 speeches were made by the MLAs while three ministers made statements. A total of six government resolutions were adopted and three Bills were introduced and passed. The Assembly also had two short discussions.
Speaking to media persons after adjourning the Assembly sine die on Saturday, Assembly Speaker S Madhusudan Chary informed that TRS MLAs spoke for 3 hours and 40 minutes on the budget; Congress - 3 hr 17 min; TDP - 10 min; MIM - 1 hr 45 min; BJP - 1 hr 25 min; YSRCP - 20 min; CPI - 21 min; CPI (M) - 22 min and BSP MLAs spoke for about one hour. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao spoke for about 49 minutes while intervening during budget discussions.
The budget, presented by Finance Minister Etala Rajender, was discussed for 15 hours and 17 minutes.
News Posted: 29 November, 2014
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