Speaker Biswabandhu Sen announced on Saturday that the Tripura Assembly’s four-day budget session will commence on July 7.

Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy will table the budget for the current financial year on the opening day of the session, he said.

Although the budget session took place in March, Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy could not table the budget for the 2023-24 financial year because of the Assembly elections in February and March, Sen said.

“The four-day monsoon session of the state assembly is beginning on July 7, and the finance minister will present the budget for the current financial year on the opening day,” Sen said.

“Initially, the plan was to have the monsoon session of the assembly for three days, but the opposition parties demanded a five-day session. Paying respect to the opposition’s view, the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) in its meeting held on Saturday, agreed to make it four days”, he said.

The Speaker said two bills – The Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Tripura Appreciation – would be tabled in the session.