All-Party Meeting On 27 January To Set Agenda For Parliament's Budget Session

The central government has called an all-party meeting on 27 January to discuss the legislative and other agendas ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament.

The all-party meeting, convened by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, will reportedly be held at the main committee room of Parliament House annexe at 11 am on 27 January.

The Budget Session will commence on 28 January with President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The first phase will conclude on 13 February, while the second phase will begin on 9 March before the session ultimately concludes on 2 April.

A total of 30 sittings are expected during the session.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026-27 on 1 February, which falls on a Sunday, making it a rare occasion in Parliamentary history.

This will be Sitharaman's ninth consecutive budget. The all-party meeting on 27 January is expected to set the agenda and ensure smooth proceedings for the forthcoming Budget Session of Parliament.

The Lok Sabha has provisionally allotted three days — 2 to 4 February — for discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address.

There will be no Zero Hour on 28 January and 1 February.

As many as nine bills are pending before the Lok Sabha, including the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025; the Securities Markets Code, 2025; and the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024. These bills are currently being scrutinised by the Parliamentary Standing or Select Committees.

The session arrives amid political tensions, with the opposition Congress conducting a nationwide campaign against the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, which replaces the UPA-era Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

The ruling BJP is meanwhile running a counter campaign to highlight the new legislation as reformist and necessary to plug loopholes of the old law.

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