New Delhi [India], The budget session of Parliament will run from 22 July to 12 August.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2024-25 on July 23.

This will be the first plenary session of Parliament after new members were sworn in in the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha held from June 24 to July 2 following the results of the general elections.

"The Hon'ble President of India, on the recommendation of the Government of India, has approved the proposal to convene both Houses of Parliament for the Budget Session, 2024, from July 22, 2024 to August 12, 2024 (subject to the exigencies of Parliamentary Business) The Union Budget 2024-25 will be presented in the Lok Sabha on July 23, 2024,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijuju said in a post on Twitter on Saturday.

The BJP-led NDA government's first budget of its new term will be important as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier said that the third term will be used to write new chapters of bold decisions.

The first session of Parliament after the formation of the 18th Lok Sabha was a stormy affair with the opposition and the government clashing over several issues, including the NEET-UG exam controversy.

President Draupadi Murmu addressed a joint sitting of both the Houses on 27 June and both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adopted motions of thanks on the President's address.

PM Modi responded to the debate on the motion of thanks in both houses of Parliament.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance returned to power for the third consecutive time in the general elections.