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Kiren Rijiju will hold an all-party meeting on January 27 ahead of the Budget Session, where President Murmu will address Parliament and the Union Budget 2026-27 will be presented.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has called an all-party meeting on January 27, at 11 am to discuss important national issues and legislative business before the Budget Session, according to sources.
The meeting is scheduled in the Parliament’s main Committee Room and will outline the agenda for the upcoming session, running from January 28 to April 2.
The Budget Session is set to start on January 28 and conclude on April 2, with a break in between. The first phase will run from January 28 to February 13, followed by the second phase from March 9 to April 2.
There will be 30 sittings during the Budget Session, and the Union Budget for 2026-27 will be presented on February 1.
President Droupadi Murmu will officially open the session by addressing members of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Before the budget, the Ministry of Finance highlighted previously announced customs duty rates on X.
In earlier Budget sessions, to strengthen India’s position as a global electronics hub and encourage domestic manufacturing, the Union Finance Ministry raised the Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on flat panel displays to 20 percent to fix the inverted duty structure.
The Ministry also lowered the BCD on open cells and key components to 5 percent.
‘In line with our Make in India policy and to fix the inverted duty structure, I propose to increase the BCD on Interactive Flat Panel Display (IFPD) from 10 percent to 20 percent and reduce the BCD to 5 percent on Open Cell and other components,’ the Finance Minister said in a post on X.
To further promote local manufacturing of Open Cells for LCD and LED TVs, the Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on parts of Open Cells has been fully exempted, expanding on earlier reductions. The all-party meeting will also review the session’s agenda to ensure smooth proceedings.
In the last two sessions, including the monsoon and winter sessions in 2025, Opposition parties wanted to discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls happening across the country.
In the previous session, several leaders had urged debates on pressing issues like the Delhi blast near Red Fort, air pollution, and more. Ultimately, the government chose to schedule special discussions on the 150th anniversary of the song Vande Mataram and on Election Reform.
(With inputs from ANI)
January 24, 2026, 14:45 IST
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