Winter session of Parliament may start early

September 26, 2016

The Modi government is likely to convene the winter session of Parliament early, on November 7, 2016, a Monday. The most important piece of business before it is the passage of the enabling clauses of the Goods and Services Tax Act.

Advancing the winter session will also enable the presentation of the Union Budget early, in February 2017 itself, as the budgetary exercise would have already commenced during the winter session of Parliament.